Lok Sabha Question No. 863 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Ceasefire Violation
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †863

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017/ MAGHA 18, 1938 (SAKA) CEASEFIRE VIOLATION

†863.

SHRI RAM KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  incidents  of ceasefire violations particularly on Indo-Pak border;
- (b) if so, the total number of such incidents that took place during the last three years and the current year; and
- (c)  the  number  of  security  personnels  and  civilians  killed  due  to  these incidents during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  details  of  ceasefire  violations  reported  from  across  the borders  and  the  number  of  security  personnel  killed  in  Jammu  and Kashmir(J&K),  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  is  as under:-

| No. of Ceasefire violations   | No. of Ceasefire violations                                                  | No. of Ceasefire violations                                                         |
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                          | Along the Line Control in the State of J&K under operational control of Army | Along the International Border in the State of J&K under operational control of BSF |
| 2014                          | 153                                                                          | 430                                                                                 |
| 2015                          | 152                                                                          | 253                                                                                 |
| 2016                          | 228                                                                          | 221                                                                                 |
| 2017(till January)            | 08                                                                           | 02                                                                                  |

| Casualties of Civilians and Security Personnel due to Ceasefire Violations   | Casualties of Civilians and Security Personnel due to Ceasefire Violations   | Casualties of Civilians and Security Personnel due to Ceasefire Violations   | Casualties of Civilians and Security Personnel due to Ceasefire Violations   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                         | Civilians                                                                    | Army Personnel                                                               | BSF Personnel                                                                |
| 2014                                                                         | 14                                                                           | 1                                                                            | 2                                                                            |
| 2015                                                                         | 16                                                                           | 6                                                                            | 4                                                                            |
| 2016                                                                         | 13                                                                           | 8                                                                            | 5                                                                            |
| 2017(till January)                                                           | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                            |

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