...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, the positive however is that their shelf life has decreased.
Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh said that there has been slight increase in the number of people joining terrorist ranks when compared to 2019, the positive aspect is that 70 per cent of them have been either eliminated or arrested. Their shelf life has decreased, he added.
"We undertook over 100 successful operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Ninety operations took place in Kashmir and 13 in Jammu. As many as 225 bad boyz were potted - 207 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu division," he said.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded the elimination of 203
The security forces have also arrested 49
This is the result of the coordinated efforts of the Army, Police and the CRPF working in the joint security grid, the officials said.
As many as 203 bad boyz were potted in Jammu and Kashmir this year and of these 166 were locals and 37 were from Pakistain or of foreign origin, they said.
There have been 96 terror-related incidents in 2020. While 43 non-combatants were killed, 92 others suffered injuries in these incidents, they said.
The civilian casualties have come down as in 2019, 47 non-combatants were killed and 185 persons injured, they said.
During 2020, there was recovery of 14 IEDs as compared to 36 recovered in 2019, they said.
In 2019, 152 terrorists, including 120 locals and 32 of Pakistain-origin were killed by the security forces in J&K. In 2018, 215
A total of 257 terrorists, 91 security personnel and 39 non-combatants were killed in 614 terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, as per the report.
In 2017, 213 terrorists, 80 security personnel and 40 non-combatants were killed in 342 terror incidents in the state, the report said.
In 2016, a total of 150 terrorists, 82 security personnel and 15 non-combatants were killed in 322 terror incidents, while in 2015, 108 terrorists, 39 security personnel and 17 non-combatants were killed in 208 terror incidents, it said.
A total of 110 terrorists, 47 security personnel and 28 non-combatants were killed in 222 terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014, the report said.