Security was intensified across the Jammu region on Thursday with increased checking, patrolling, and area domination ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, officials said.

A multi-tier security grid of the Army, BSF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police has been kept on high vigilance along the Line of Control and International Border to foil any nefarious designs from across the border, they said.

Quick Response Teams (QRTs) of the J-K Police have been deployed in Jammu city, they said, adding that checking and frisking have been intensified at entry and exit points in every district and on important roads.