Sixty-one security personnel and 11 civilians were killedwhile 142 people were injured in 177 militancy-related incidents in Jammu andKashmir in the first four months of 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)has said.
The statement by Sulekha, Director, MHA came in response toan RTI plea filed by social activist Rohit Choudhary of J&K.
She said that the injured included 73 security forcepersonnel and 69 civilians.
Earlier, General Officer Commanding in Chief (GoC-In-C),Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said 86 militants were killed this yearin the state and vowed that operations against the ultras will continue.
“During this year, we have neutralised 86 militants sofar. Twenty militants were also apprehended. Our operations against militantswill continue. A number of ultras have been brought back to the mainstream withthe help of their parents, teachers and senior citizens,” Lt Gen Sinbh hadsaid at a function in Udhampur last Monday.
He also said 450 militants were operating in Jammu andKashmir and the terror infrastructure across the Line of Control (LoC) wasintact with the full support of Pakistan as 16 militant camps were operating inthe neighbouring country and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK).