Terror attack cases down in 2 yrs: Officials

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 4

Even as the Kashmir valley has witnessed a substantial drop of about 72% in the incidents of law and order breakdowns in comparison to the preceding two years from the period of August 2019-July 2021, officials in the security establishment of J&K said fears continue to haunt them that the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and the Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM) are augmenting their striking capabilities, as these outfits have their cadres fighting along with Taliban in Afghanistan.

J&K Police officials say claimed that as many as 90 terrorists, including 51 from LeT, 20 from Hizbul Mujahideen, eight from JeM, six from Al Badr, three from Ansar Ghazwat-ul Hind and two from ISJK, have been killed this year.

According to J&K Police data from August 2017-July 2019, there were 1,394 incidents of breakdown of law and order in which four security forces personnel/policemen and 27 civilians were killed. But the number plunged to 382 during August 2019-July 2021 in which no lives were lost, it added.