Terrorist Violence Down In J&K Since Art 370 Axing outlookindia.com
The incidents of terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir have declined after the abrogation of the Constitution’s Article 370 on August 5, with just 88 incidents reported in 115 days since then, Parliament was told on Tuesday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said: “The incidents of terrorist violence have declined after August 5, 2019. “During the 115 day period from August 5, 2019, till November 27, 2019, there have been 88 such incidents as compared to 106 such incidents from April 12, 2019, till August 4, 2019.”
The government had revoked Article 370, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, on August 5 and also bifurcated the state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Reddy also said that during the same period, there has been an increase in the number of infiltration attempts from across the border. “During the 88 day period from August 5, 2019, till October 31, 2019, there have been 84 such attempts as against 53 such attempts from May 9, 2019, till August 4, 2019. Correspondingly, estimated net infiltration has increased from 32 to 59 during the above period,” he said.
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