More than 700 militants have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since 2016, the Home Ministry said on Tuesday.
A total of 113 militants were killed between January andJune 16 this year, 257 were killed in 2018, 213 in 2017 and 150 in 2016, takingthe total number of those killed during the period to 733, it said.
As many as 112 civilians have also lost their lives duringthis period in the state. Of them, 15 had died in 2016, 40 in 2017, 39 in 2018and 18 between January and June 16, this year.
“The government has adopted a policy of zero tolerancetowards terrorism. Security forces are taking effective and continuous actionin countering terrorism. This has resulted in corresponding change in thenumber of such incidents, including casualties,” Minister of State forHome Affairs G Kishan Reddy said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.”Security forces keep a close watch onpersons who attempt to provide support to terrorists and initiate actionagainst them,” he added.