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SRINAGAR: Over 190 people, including 47 security personnel and 108 militants, were killed in militancy-related violence and ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the 12-month period from Januray 15 last year.
About 800 persons were also arrested, while four magisterial inquiries have been ordered into the incidents of militancy during the same period, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said in a written reply to a question by opposition National Conference leader AM Sagar in the Legislative Assembly in Srinagar.
Mehbooba, who also holds the Home portfolio, said a total of 146 militancy-related incidents took place between January 15, 2015 to January 15, 2016, leaving 169 people – 108 militants, 39 security personnel and 22 civilians – dead.
A total of 181 incidents of border firing were reported during the same period in the state which left 22 persons including eight security personnel dead and 75 others, including 13 security men injured, she said.
Mehbooba said the four south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian accounted for the highest number of incidents of militancy (61), resulting in the death of 54 persons including 12 security men and 34 militants.
However, the three north Kashmir districts of Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora which share border with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, witnessed almost double the number of fatalities compared to south Kashmir districts in such incidents.
The north Kashmir districts together accounted for 57 incidents of militancy which resulted in the death of 92 persons including 60 militants and 21 security personnel, the
Chief Minister said, but gave no details about the number of militants who were killed along the Line of Control while trying to infiltrate into the Valley from across the border.
The summer capital Srinagar recorded 15 militancy-related incidents in which one civilian was killed, while seven districts, out of total 22 across Jammu and
Kashmir, including the winter capital Jammu witnessed no militancy-related violence. Other districts, where no such incident took place, included Ganderbal in central Kashmir, Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region and Rajouri, Reasi and Kishtwar in Jammu region, Mehbooba said. Poonch district in Jammu region witnessed five incidents, resulting in the death of six militants and a security jawan, while two militancy-related incidents took place in Kathua, also in Jammu, leaving seven persons including three security men and two militants dead, the Chief Minister said.
