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31 civilians, 187 militants killed in JK in 2022: GoI

Armed forces personnel patrol near military operation site in Kashmir. [FPK Photo/ Zainab]

Srinagar: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) India on Wednesday said that the year 2022 saw the highest number of military operations against militants in JK in which 187 militants were killed.

In reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, the MHA said that 111 military operations were launched in 2022, which is the highest since 2018 that recorded 100 such operations.

“In 2018, 228 militancy-related incidents were recorded, 153 in 2019, 1126 in 2020, 129 in 2021 and 125 in 2022,” the MHA reply states.

It further states that the year 2018 saw 189 military operations. “In 2019, 102 operations were reported, 118 in 2020, 100 in 2021, and 117 in 2022,” the reply reads.

It further reads that 39 civilians were killed in 2018, 39 again in 2019, 37 in 2020, 41 in 2021 and 30 in 2022. “91 security forces personnel were killed in action in 2018, 80 in 2019, 62 in 2020, 42 in 2021, and 31 in 2022,” the reply adds.

It states that the year 2018 saw 100 military operations while in the year 2019, 74 such operations were launched. “The year 2020 recorded 100 such operations, the year 2021, 95 and year 2021 and 111 in 2021,” it reads.

The reply also states that in the year 2018, 17 militants were arrested, 20 in 2019, 21 in 2020, 17 in 2021, and 24 in 2022.

“In 2018, the highest number of militants were killed at 257, 157 were killed in 2019,221 in 2020, 180 in 2021, and 187 in 2022,” the reply reads.

In reply to another query, the MHA stated that no new Village Defence Groups (VDGs) were created while the existing ones are continuing. “At present, sanctioned strength of VDGs is 4,985 of which 4,153 have been constituted,” the reply reads. (KNO)

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