Lok Sabha Question No. 2848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-13
Subject: Terrorist Activities
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHARAD BANSODE, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, MOHAMMAD SALIM, RAJESH PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2848

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  MARCH, 2018/ PHALGUNA 22, 1939 (SAKA) TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

2848.

ADV. SHARADKUMAR MARUTI BANSODE:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  incidents  of  terrorism  have  recently  increased  in  the  country especially in Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor along with the number of citizens who lost their lives,  terrorists  killed  and  jawans  martyred  in  such  terrorist  attacks  during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the measures taken at international level and bilateral level to fight against terrorism collectively;
- (d) the number of infiltration by terrorists and casualties reported along the border during the said period, border-wise; and
- (e)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  terror  attacks  in  the country including on security establishments and also to curb infiltration of terrorists along the borders?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The  State  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  has  been  affected  by  terrorist violence that is sponsored and supported from across the border. The levels

of terrorist violence in the hinterland of J&K are linked to the infiltration from

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across the border. The details of terrorist violence incidents, Security Force Personnel  killed,  civilians  killed  and  terrorists  killed  in  terrorist  violence incidents  reported  in  Jammu  and  Kashmir  during  the  last  three  years  and current year is as under: -

|   Sl. No . | Incidents                               |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2017 (Upto 4th March) |   2018 (Upto 4th March) |
|------------|-----------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|          1 | Number of terrorists violence incidents |    208 |    322 |    342 |                      39 |                      60 |
|          2 | Civilians killed                        |     17 |     15 |     40 |                       4 |                       2 |
|          3 | Terrorists Killed                       |    108 |    150 |    213 |                      26 |                      17 |
|          4 | Security Force Personnel killed         |     39 |     82 |     80 |                      10 |                      15 |

During  the  year  2015,  one  terror  attack  took  place  on  27.7.2015  at Dinanagar  in  Gurudaspur  District  in  Punjab  by  terrorists  infiltrating  from Pakistan.    In  this  incident  03  civilians  &  4  Security  Forces  personnel  were killed  and  10  civilians  and  07  Security  Forces  personnel  were  injured.      03 militants  were  killed  by  the  Security  Forces.    In  the  beginning  of  the  year 2016,  a  similar  terror  attack  took  place  on  2nd  January,  2016  at  the Pathankot Air Force Station by terrorists infiltrating  from Pakistan.    In  this incident,  7  Security  personnel  and  1  civilian  were  killed  and  37  security personnel and 1 civilian were injured.   All the terrorists were neutralized by the Security Forces.  There is no major terrorist incident in the Hinterland of the Country during 2017 and current year (till 04.03.2018).

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(c)    India  has  Joint  Working  Group on Counter Terrorism with 23 countries and three international groups viz., BIMSTEC, BRICS and EU.  The meetings of these  Joint  Working  Groups  are  being  held  from  time  to  time  to  discuss counter  terrorism  issues  to  share  intelligence,  experience,  expertise,  good practices and issues of mutual concern.  The issue of cross-border terrorism across the border from Pakistan has also been raised at these platforms.

The Government has through established channels of communication such as DGMOs, meetings of border guarding forces as well as diplomatic channels, repeatedly lodged strong protests against continued support to cross-border terrorism  against  India  by  Pakistan,  including  by  providing  cover  fire  in support of cross-border infiltration of terrorists. India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to abide by its commitment to not allow any territory under its control to be used for terrorism against India. The Government has made it clear  that  it  will  continue  to  take  decisive  and  firm  action  against  cross border terrorism.

- (d) The  details  of  cross-border  infiltration  in  the  state  of  Jammu  and Kashmir during the last three years and the current year is as under: -

| Year                |   Attempts made by terrorists |   Net estimated infiltration |   Killed |
|---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|----------|
| 2015                |                           121 |                           33 |       46 |
| 2016                |                           371 |                          119 |       35 |
| 2017                |                           406 |                          123 |       59 |
| 2018 (upto January) |                            16 |                            5 |        4 |

The  details  of  infiltration  along  various  borders  during  the  last  three years and the current year is at Annexure-I.

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(e)  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 providing encouraged policies to mainstream the youth, including employment opportunities to wean them away from militancy. In order to counter  terror activities, there exists close and  effective coordination  between intelligence  and  security  agencies  at  the  Centre  and the State levels.  The Multi Agency Centre (MAC) has been strengthened and re-organized to enable it to function on 24x7 basis for real time collation and sharing  of  intelligence  with  other  intelligence  agencies  and  States,  which ensures  seamless  flow  of  information  between  the  State  and  the  Central agencies.

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## NUMBER OF INFILTRATION BY TERRORISTS AND CASUALTIES REPORTED DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

## (I) ALONG THE INDO-MYANMAR BORDER

| Year                    | Arunachal Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh   | Nagaland    | Nagaland   | Manipur     | Manipur   | Mizoram     | Mizoram   |
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|                         | No of Cases         | Killed              | No of cases | Killed     | No of cases | Killed    | No of cases | Killed    |
| 2015                    | 33                  | 03                  | 31          | 10         | 35          | 05        | -           | -         |
| 2016                    | 35                  | 07                  | 28          | 01         | 11          | 02        | -           | -         |
| 2017                    | 49                  | 06                  | 22          | -          | 28          | 03        | -           | -         |
| 2018 (Till 11 Mar 2018) | 21                  | 02                  | 03          | -          | 02          | -         | -           | -         |

## (II) ALONG INDO BANGLADESH BORDER EXCEPT JAMMU AND KASHMIR

| Year            | West Bengal   | West Bengal   | Meghalaya   | Meghalaya   |
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|                 | No of Cases   | Killed        | No of cases | Killed      |
| 2015            | 1             | -             | 1           | -           |
| 2016            | 2             | -             | 1           | -           |
| 2017            | -             | -             | -           | -           |
| 2018 (upto Feb) | -             | -             | -           | -           |

## (III) ALONG INDO PAKISTAN BORDER

| Year            | Punjab      | Punjab   |
|-----------------|-------------|----------|
|                 | No of Cases | Killed   |
| 2015            | 1           | -        |
| 2016            | 6           | -        |
| 2017            | 10          | 7        |
| 2018 (upto Feb) | 3           | 2        |

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