The shelf life of 'hybrid' terrorists involved in most of the targeted killings of security personnel and members belonging to the minority community has been reducted to less than 3 months in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The life span of terrorists active in the valley has also been reduced due to regular operations based on pinpointed information about their suspected movement in the general area.
According to Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police Kashmir range, "since January 1, 2022 a total number of 62 terrorists have been neutralised in different anti-terrorists operations across Kashmir valley. Out of these 32 were those who were eliminated within three months of joining the ranks of different terrorist outfits".
Vijay Kumar said, the highest number of 39 terrorists were linked with terror outfit LeT, 15 with JeM, 06 with Hizbul Mujahideen & 02 with Al-Badr. Out of these 47 were local terrorists and 15 foreign terrorists.
On the other hand, statistics shared by the Kashmir range police chief also revealed the holy month of Ramzan too witnessed sudden surge in terrorist violence in different parts of Kashmir valley since April 3.
Around one dozen operations were conducted by the joint team of security forces in which 23 terrorists were eliminated, including two in Sunjwan area of Jammu.
The security forces also suffered fatal injuries during the same period. Significantly, only one Army personnel was killed in action during the operation while no major collateral damage was suffered by the men in uniform.
The security personnel were targeted by the 'hybrid' terrorists during naka/patrol duty or from behind with pistols from a close range leading to fatal injuries and subsequent death.