Militants in J&K facing ‘leadership crisis’: Defence Minister

There is a “crisis of leadership and resources” among militants in Jammu and Kashmir and the security forces have kept them under check, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, theMinister said an NIA probe is on into the February 14 Pulwama attack.

   

“Once the probe is over, only then can an answer inthis regard be given by the Home Ministry,” he informed the House aftermembers asked if there was any intelligence or security lapse in the suicideattack in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed.

“In Jammu and Kashmir, our security forces aremaintaining best coordination between the Army, central armed forces, JK Policeand intelligence. The security forces have kept a check on militantactivities,” Singh told RajyaSabha.

He said the fatal casualties suffered by Army personnelduring militant attacks/tactical action in 2018 were 12, while the same were 13in 2017 and six in 2016.

The Minister said there are four types of casualties in theArmy – infiltration bids, anti-militancy operations, militancy initiatedincidents and tactical actions.

He said the casualties he mentioned earlier pertained totactical actions and total casualties in other activities could be more.”All the forward posts are adequately strengthened to withstandmilitant  attacks. Continuousimprovements, including the use of modern technology, in the defences are madeto make them more robust and resilient.”The Army also carries out indepth analysisof militancy related incidents and security breaches that are identified withvarious incidents,” Rajnath Singh said in his written reply.

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