Lok Sabha Question No. 1766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Terrorist Activities
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1766

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  MARCH, 2018/ PHALGUNA 15, 1939 (SAKA)

TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

†1766. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the terrorists have spread their activities in the Jammu region as well as in the Kashmir valley;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) the details of terrorist attacks carried out on Army and CRPF camps in Jammu region and losses to the lives and properties of the security forces reported therein;

(d) whether there was any intelligence input regarding these attacks;

(e)  if  so,  whether  necessary  steps  were  not  taken  to  foil  these  terrorist attacks;

(f) whether the terrorists have made their influence among the local people of Kashmir and they are helping the terrorists and if so, the details thereof;

(g) whether the role of local help in the terrorists attack at Sunjwan Army camp has been disclosed and if so, the details thereof; and

(h)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  programme  or  taken measures to check the local youth from disorientation?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): The number  of  terrorist  violence  incidents reported in Jammu

and  Kashmir,  province  wise  in the year 2016,  2017  and  2018  (till 15.02.2018) is as under:-

| Year                   |   No. of terrorists violence incidents in Jammu province |   No. of terrorists violence incidents in Kashmir province |   Total |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 2016                   |                                                       12 |                                                        310 |     322 |
| 2017                   |                                                        8 |                                                        334 |     342 |
| 2018 (till 15.02.2018) |                                                        2 |                                                         38 |      40 |

(c): No CRPF camp in Jammu region has been attacked since 2016. The details  of  attacks  on  Army  camps  in  Jammu  region  since  2016  are  as under:-

| S.No.   | Date       | Brief on attack                                                    | Terrorists   | Army casualties   | Army casualties   |
|---------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|         |            |                                                                    | killed       | Fatal             | Non Fatal         |
| 1.      | 29.11.2016 | Terrorists carried out suicide attack at Army camp, Nagrota        | 3            | 7                 | 3                 |
| 2.      | 10.02.2018 | Terrorists carried out suicide attack at Army camp, Sunjwan, Jammu | 3            | 6                 | 6                 |

(d) & (e): Though there were general inputs that militants may attack on vital  installations/  camps  in  Jammu  region  but  there  were  no  specific inputs about this attack. All such inputs are shared amongst all concerned agencies. Security arrangements are periodically revised based on emerging threats and intelligence inputs.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1766 FOR 06.03.2018

(f): As  per  inputs,  terrorists  are  helped  by  local  Over  Ground  Workers (OGWs).

(g): Terrorists  attack  of  10.2.2018  at  Sunjwan  Camp,  Jammu  are  being investigated by National Investigation Agency (NIA).

(h): The Government regularly reviews the security situation in the State of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  necessary  directions  are  given  from  time  to time.   In order to prevent activities of militants, numerous steps have been taken  including  strengthening  of  operational  grid  with  enhanced  human intelligence  and  use  of  technical  intelligence  grid.  The  Government  has also continuously encouraged policies to mainstream the youth, including providing  employment  opportunities  to  wean  them  away  from  militancy. Rs.80,068 crore has been announced under the PM Development Package, 2015.

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