Wednesday, November 27News and updates from Kashmir

Civilian Causalities have Increased in Kashmir Post Abrogation

Jammu Kashmir saw 3.2 casualties a month since the abrogation of Article 370 in Militancy-related incidents compared to 2.8 casualties a month in nearly five years before that.

The comparative figures for Army personnel killed in that period in J&K are 1.7 per month and 2.8 per month.

Indian Express reported that between May 2014 and August 5, 2019, 177 civilians died in Militancy related incidents in the erstwhile state. In the 27 months post abrogation till November, 87 civilians were killed.

40 Civilians were killed this year alone.

255 Militant attacks were reported in 2019, 244 in 2020. The number of Militant attacks has crossed 200 already this year.

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on December 1, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai presented data while asserting that terror casualties in J&K were falling.

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