Police and the army have alerted their units across Jammu and Kashmir against any possible reaction to the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

There is a "need to keep an eye on the situation", an official source told IANS referring to the impact that news of bin Laden's killing by US led forces in Pakistan Sunday would have in Kashmir, which has been a hotbed of militancy since 1989.