The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 79 terrorist incidents, which were not major, have taken place in Jammu&Kashmir ever since the Central Government abrogated Article 370. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, that none of the incidents were not major attacks and 49 terrorists were neutralised.
Reddy also told the Lower House that total of 450 people, including stone pelters, miscreants, over ground workers (OGWs) and separatists of Jammu&Kashmir are presently under preventive detention in various jails. Minister said regular review is being undertaken on case to case basis and accordingly, extension in detention or revocation is made based on reports of field agencies and ground situation.
Even though DMK member A Ganeshamurthi asked the government to reply on the total number of political leaders who are under house arrest along with the reasons for their arrest, the union minister did not give any details.
Replying to another question, Reddy said the investigation into the February 2019 terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir was still on. “After the Pulwama attack, 82 security force personnel (including 40 CRPF personnel in Pulwama) have laid their lives in fight against terrorism in Jammu&Kashmir,” he said.