On Tuesday the Ministry of Home Affairs told the Lok Sabha that at least 28 people, including civilians and security personnel, were killed in 11 terror-initiated incidents and 24 encounters up to July 21, 2024.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pradeep Kumar Singh on behalf of the MHA, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai submitted a written response in the Lower House saying that there is a decline in the number of terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir as compared to the previous years.
Rai shared some datas that mentions that a total of 14 security personnel and 14 civilians were killed up to July 21, 2024 while the number of killings was 44 (30 security personnel and 14 civilians) in 46 terrorist-initiated incidents and 48 encounters or counter-terror operations in the Union Territory in 2023.
According to the data, 146 people (91 security personnel and 55 civilians) were killed in 228 terrorist-initiated incidents and 189 encounters or counter-terror operations in the erstwhile state in 2018. The Minister further added, ‘There were 1328 organized stone pelting incidents and 52 organized Hartals in 2018’.
The minister said the decline in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir is the result of the zero tolerance policy of the central government against terrorism. Rai further added, ‘The approach of the Government is to dismantle the terror ecosystem. Security measures are being strengthened to sustain peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir’.
The Mos said, ‘The strategies adopted in Jammu and Kashmir include effective, continuous, and sustained actions against terrorists and support structures, as well as the dismantling of the terror ecosystem using a whole-government approach’.
Crackdown on terror finance, such as seizure and attachment of properties belonging to terrorists and their associates under relevant sections of law and banning of anti-national organisations, preventive operations involve identifying the strategics.
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