Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Things in J&K are not improving. Contrarily, situation is worsening with each passing day. The year 2017 turned out to be the worst year in recent years. This is what the latest findings suggest.
According to an IndiaSpend analysis of data from the South Asian Terrorism Portal, which is run by the Institute of Conflict Management (ICM), a Delhi-based non-profit think-tank, "the year 2017 saw 358 terrorist-related deaths in Jammu & Kashmir - 98 per cent more than in 2013, when 181 deaths were recorded".
The findings say that "although more than twice as many terrorists were killed in 2017 (218) as in 2013 (100), there was a sharper increase in civilian deaths - 51 in 2017, up 185 per cent from 20 in 2013".
IndiaSpend analysis has further said that despite the increasing number of terrorist killings, terrorists succeeded in attacking the Sunjuwan Army Camp in Jammu City, where 6 army jawans, one father of army jawan and three terrorists got killed. It has said that as many as 324 security personnel have died at the hands of terrorists over the past five years. According to it, "terrorists killed 83 security personnel in 2017, a 35 per cent increase from 61 in 2013".
Its main finding is that "terrorism-related deaths had increased by 31 per cent in the one year since the Indian Army conducted what it described as 'surgical strikes' in Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Kashmir".
All this only shows that the security situation in the state has worsened and this should be a cause of worry. |
