A total of 79 militancy incidents have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir ever since the central government abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
However, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddysaid, no major attack took place in the hinterland of the country betweenAugust 5, 2019 and March 10, 2020.
Altogether 79 militancy incidents have taken place in Jammuand Kashmir during the period from August 5, 2019 to March 10, 2020, in which49 militants have been killed, he said during Question Hour.
Replying to another question, Reddy said the investigationinto the February 2019 attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmirwas still on.
“After the Pulwama attack, 82 security force personnel(including 40 CRPF personnel in Pulwama) have laid their lives in fight againstterrorism in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
The government announced abrogation of Article 370provisions on August 5 last year.