Jammu-Kashmir: Arrests of those linked to terrorism marks over five times increase in past four years
terrorism were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, marking over five times increase in such arrests compared to the four-year period from 2015-2019, official data said.
Seventeen security indicators from August 5, 2019 to June 20, 2023 showed a remarkable improvement in the overall security situation with casualties among civilians and security forces, grenade attacks, IED blasts, terrorist recruitment and stone pelting on decline after the abrogation of Article 370.
The central government had on August 5, 2019 abrogated Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the erstwhile state into Union territories of J-K and Ladakh.
According to the data compiled by the police, a total of 2,327 terrorists and their associates were arrested post the Article 370 abrogation compared to 427 in 2015-2019.
Coupled with a 23 per cent decrease in terrorist recruitment from 597 in 2015-2019 to 461 in 2019-2023 and killing of hundreds of terrorists, the police said, the trend suggested improved intelligence gathering, proactive measures and an effective approach to counter-terrorism operations to disrupt the terror ecosystem.
Separately, officials said over 675 terrorists were killed in separate encounters with security forces from August 5, 2019 to June 2023, against over 740 in 2015-2019.
The police data exhibited a significant downward trend in the casualties among security personnel and civilians in the last four years.
Against the killing of 329 police and security personnel in terror attacks in 2015-2019, the number of fatalities had gone down by 56 per cent with 146 deaths reported post August 5, 2019.
The injuries to police and security personnel also indicated a decline
