Over 5,300 Troopers Killed in Kashmir Over 2 Decades
SRINAGAR; Over two decades of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir killed at least 5,300 Indian troopers, according to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
“As many as 3,906 security personnel, including Army, CRPF, BSF and other paramilitary personnel and excluding policemen, have been killed in the State after militancy erupted in 1989,” Omar Abdullah, who also heads the Home Department told the J&K Legislative Assembly in the winter capital, while replying to a motion on grants under his departments.
Abdullah said 119 security personnel were killed in militancy-related incidents in 1990. “As many as 141 security personnel died in militant attacks and encounters in the State in 1991. In 1992, 158 Army and paramilitary personnel were killed,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that with the passage of time there has been a decline in the killings of security forces. “The killings of security personnel dropped to 49 in 2010. In 2011, 18 security personnel were killed. The figure stood at nine in 2012 and 32 in 2013,” he said and added that 942 policemen were killed in militancy-related incidents in the State since 1989.
Pertinently, last year one of the biggest attack was carried on an Amry convey in Nowgam area of Srinagar, in which 18 troopers were killed, although the official records show only 8.
According to the various organizations more than one lac people have been killed in the restive region since the insurgency broke out. Out of the dead, more than 60,000 people were civilians.
“As many as 3,906 security personnel, including Army, CRPF, BSF and other paramilitary personnel and excluding policemen, have been killed in the State after militancy erupted in 1989,” Omar Abdullah, who also heads the Home Department told the J&K Legislative Assembly in the winter capital, while replying to a motion on grants under his departments.
Abdullah said 119 security personnel were killed in militancy-related incidents in 1990. “As many as 141 security personnel died in militant attacks and encounters in the State in 1991. In 1992, 158 Army and paramilitary personnel were killed,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that with the passage of time there has been a decline in the killings of security forces. “The killings of security personnel dropped to 49 in 2010. In 2011, 18 security personnel were killed. The figure stood at nine in 2012 and 32 in 2013,” he said and added that 942 policemen were killed in militancy-related incidents in the State since 1989.
Pertinently, last year one of the biggest attack was carried on an Amry convey in Nowgam area of Srinagar, in which 18 troopers were killed, although the official records show only 8.
According to the various organizations more than one lac people have been killed in the restive region since the insurgency broke out. Out of the dead, more than 60,000 people were civilians.
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