Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Terrorists Attack
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, ASHWINI KUMAR, GANESH SINGH, JOSE K. MANI, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.304

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01ST DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

## TERRORISTS ATTACK

†304.

SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE:

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

SHRI GANESH SINGH:

SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  instances  of  terrorist  attacks/activities  continue  unabated  in  various parts of the country including Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) if so, the number of such cases reported and the number of civilians and security personnel  killed/injured  force-wise,  damage  to  property,  compensation  paid  to  the family members of the victims, terrorists arrested and killed along with the names of terrorist organisations active in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  whether  inputs  regarding  hideouts  of  some  more  terrorists  have  been  received from such arrested terrorists and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether modern equipments have been procured to check the infiltrators at the borders and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  deploy  additional  security  forces  in sensitive areas; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  curb  terrorist  attacks/activities  in consultation with the States along with the advisories issued to the States and police departments in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (c): The information regarding terrorists attack in the hinterland of the country during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure-I. The details of the terrorist incidents in last three years alongwith major terrorist attack in respect of Jammu  &  Kashmir  is  at  Annexure-II  &  III  respectively.  The  details  of  the  violent incidents in last three years in North Eastern States is at Annexure-IV.

As far as Ex-gratia relief is concerned, it is State subject and being paid by the concerned State Government, as per their norms.

- (d):  Upgradation of equipment is a continuous process. To check infiltrators at the borders,  CAPFs  have  been  provided  with  modern  equipment  such  as  Hand  Held Thermal Imagers (HHTIs), Binoculars, Twin Telescopes, Passive Night Vision (PNV) Monoculars,  PNV  Binoculars,  PNV  Goggles,  Long  Range  Reccee  and  Observations Systems  (LORROS),  Battle  Field  Surveillance  Radars  (BFSR),  Unmanned  Aerial Vehicles  (UAVs)  etc.    In  order  to  deal  with  the  internal  security  challenges, observation posts has been established, border fencing has been done and modern and hi-tech surveillance equipment has been deployed.
- (e) & (f): In order to deal with the internal security challenges following measures has been taken:
- i) Augmenting the strength of Central Armed Police Forces;
- ii) Establishment of NSG hubs at Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai;
- iii) Empowerment of DG, NSG to requisition aircraft for movement of NSG personnel in the event of any emergency;
- iv) Tighter immigration control;
- v) Effective border management through round the clock surveillance & patrolling on the borders;
- vi) Upgradation of Intelligence setup;
- vii) Strengthening the coastal security;
- viii) Amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in 2008 and 2012 to strengthen the punitive measures to combat terrorism;
- ix) The  creation  of  the  National  Agency  under  the  National  Investigation  Agency Act,  2008  to  investigate  and  prosecute  offences  under  the  Acts  specified  in  its Schedule;
- x) Establishment of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) with an intention to link data bases for collecting actionable intelligence to combat terrorism and internal security threats;
- xi) Amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2009 to  inter alia, include certain offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, as predicate offence;
- xii) Raising of the issues of Cross-Border Terrorism in all its manifestations including its  financing  in  various  multi-lateral  for  a  as  part  of  India's  zero  tolerance  policy towards terrorism.

In  addition,  there  is  close  and  effective  coordination  amongst  intelligence agencies at the Centre and the State levels. The Multi Agency Centre (MAC) has been and re-organized  to  enable  it  to  function  on  24x7  basis  for  rear  time  collation  and sharing  of  intelligence  agencies  and  States,  which  ensures  seamless  flow  of information between the State and the Central agencies. This has resulted in busting of many terror modules, thus neutralizing major terror attack plans.

*****

## Details of Terror attacks in the hinterland of the country during the last three years and current year

|   Sl. No. | Incidents                                        | Persons killed   | Persons injured   | Persons arrested   | Persons absconding   | Investigating agency       | Status of Investigation / Prosecution             | Organization involved                                                   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      2012 |                                                  |                  |                   |                    |                      |                            |                                                   |                                                                         |
|         1 | 13.02.2012 : Blast in a Car of Embassy of Israel | Nil              | 4                 | 1                  | 4                    | Special Cell, Delhi Police | A chargesheet has been filed on 31 st July, 2012. | Iranian nationals come to notice during investigation. Group not known. |
|         2 | 01.08.2012 : Serial Bomb Blast in Pune           | Nil              | 1                 | 9                  | 3                    | ATS Maharashtra            | A charge sheet has been filed on 30.4.2013.       | IM                                                                      |
|      2013 |                                                  |                  |                   |                    |                      |                            |                                                   |                                                                         |
|         1 | 21.02.2013 Twin Bomb Blast in Hyderabad          | 18               | 131               | 4                  | 1                    | NIA                        | Charge sheet was filed on 14.3.2014               | IM                                                                      |
|         2 | 17.04.2013 Bomb Blast in Bengaluru               | Nil              | 16                | 15                 | 3                    | Karnataka Police           | The case is under investigation                   | Unknown                                                                 |
|         3 | 07.07.2013 Bomb Blasts in BodhGaya               | Nil              | 2                 | 8 (one dead)       | -                    | NIA                        | Charge sheet was filed on 29.5.2014.              | SIMI/IM                                                                 |
|         4 | 27.10.2013 Serial Bomb Blasts in Patna           | 6                | 89                | 14 (One dead)      | -                    | NIA                        | Charge sheet was filed on 24.4.2014               | SIMI/IM                                                                 |

|   2014 | 2014                                                                                 |   2014 |   2014 | 2014   | 2014   | 2014               | 2014                   | 2014     | 2014                                   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|----------|----------------------------------------|
|      1 | 01.05.2014 IEDs explosion, at Chennai Central Railway Station, in a stationary train |     01 |     14 | -      | -      | CB CID, Tamil Nadu | The case investigation | is under | -                                      |
|      2 | 02.10.2014 Bomb blast in Burdwan                                                     |     02 |     01 | 07     | -      | NIA                | The case investigation | is under | Jammat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) |
|      3 | 28.12.2014 IED blast in Bengaluru                                                    |     01 |     03 | -      | -      | NIA                | The case investigation | is under | -                                      |
|   2015 | 2015                                                                                 |   2015 |   2015 | 2015   | 2015   | 2015               | 2015                   | 2015     | 2015                                   |
|      1 | 27.7.2015 Terror attack in Gurudaspur District of Punjab                             |     07 |     17 | -      | -      | Punjab Police      | The case investigation | is under | -                                      |

## Page 1 of 2 Annexure-II

## L.S.U.S.Q.No. 304 FOR 1.12.2015

## TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES IN J&K SINCE 2012

| YEAR                   |   NO. OF INCIDENTS |   CIVILIANS KILLED |   SFs KILLED |   TERRORISTS KILLED |
|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|
| 2012                   |                220 |                 15 |           15 |                  72 |
| 2013                   |                170 |                 15 |           53 |                  67 |
| 2014                   |                222 |                 28 |           47 |                 110 |
| 2014 (Upto 22 nd Nov.) |                185 |                 22 |           31 |                  91 |
| 2015 (Upto 22 nd Nov.) |                186 |                 16 |           38 |                  91 |

Details of major terrorist attacks in J & K during 2013, 2014 & 2015 are as under:-

## 1. Incident on 13.03.2013

5 CRPF personnel and 2 militants were killed in a 'Fidayeen' attack on CRPF deployment at Bemina in Parimpora, district Srinagar.

## 2. Incident on 26.09.2013 (Hiranagar and Samba)

On 26.09.2013 3 unidentified terrorists camouflaged as army men carried out twin fidayeen attacks in Jammu region, first on Police Station, Hiranagar and then  at  an  army  camp  at  Samba.  The  terrorists  first  targeted  PS  Hiranagar gunning down 4 police personnel and 2 civilians. They then managed to hijack a truck and reached on Army location at Samba. On reaching there, they fired indiscriminately  killing  4  army  personnel.  Army  later  recovered  a  sizeable cache  of  arms  and  ammunitions  from  them.  The  findings  from  the  body  of these militants and from their belongings suggested that the militants were of Pakistan origin who infiltrated from across the border.

## 3.

## Incident on 28.03.2014 (Hiranagar, Kathua)

On  28.03.2014,  3  terrorists  wearing  Army  uniform  intercepted  a  Bolero Vehicle  carrying  05  persons  including  a  driver  near  Dayala  Chak,  sector Hiranagar  of  district  Kathua.  The  terrorists  opened  indiscriminate  firing resulting in death of 1 person on spot and injuries to 3 persons. Thereafter, terrorists hijacked the vehicle along with its driver. The terrorists opened fire at the Army Camp Janglote with an intention to enter the Camp but the alert sentries retaliated the fire and the terrorists took positions in the nallah at the rear fencing of the Camp where the Army engaged them in an encounter. However,  in  the  initial  bursts  of  fire  by  the  terrorists,  3  Army  jawans  got injured, among whom, one succumbed to his injuries.

## 4. Incident on 27.11 2014 (Arnia, Jammu)

On 27.11.2014, there was terror attack by militants. In the ensuing encounter 03 militants, 03 civilians and 3 army personnel died in the encounter. During search, Army recovered four Khan dresses and shoes from Nallah.

## 5.

## Incident on 05.12.2014 (Uri, Srinagar)

On  05.12.2014,  there  was  an  encounter  between  militants  and  Security Forces.    6  terrorists,  8  Army  personnel  and  3  Police  personnel  died  in  the encounter. Besides arms, Pak made  biscuits/chocolates/medicines  was recovered from the slain terrorists.

6. Incident on 20.03.2015 (Rajbagh, Kathua)

On 20.03.2015, 2 heavily armed terrorists, in camouflage uniform, carried out a fidayeen attack on Police Station Rajbagh, district Kathua. 2 terrorists, 3 SF personnel  and 2 civilians died in the encounter. During the search operation, besides  various  arms  three  cold  drink  bottles,  eatables  and  medicines recovered from the terrorists, which had labels indicating their manufacturing in Pakistan.

7. Incident on 21.03.2015 (Samba)

2 heavily armed terrorists dressed in Army camouflage uniform unsuccessfully tried to carry out a fidayeen attack on two Army installations in district Samba in the early hours of March 21. In the ensuing encounter, an Army jawan sustained minor injuries, and the two terrorists were killed.

8. Terrorist attack on 05.08.2015 (Udhampur)

On  August  5,  2015,  two  Pakistani  LeT  terrorists,  clad  in  civilian  clothes, attacked a BSF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway near Narsoo Nallah, Tehsil Chenani, Distt. Udhampur. 2 BSF personnel died in the attack and 14 BSF personnel were injured. One of the two militants involved in the attack was killed, while one was subsequently apprehended by the local people and the police. Interrogation of the captured terrorist revealed his identity as Md. Naveed Yakub @ Usman, r/o Faisalabad (Pakistan).

9. Terrorist attack on 25.11.2015 (Tanghdar, Kupwara)

On  25.11.2015,  terrorist  intruded  into  Army  Camp  at  Tanghdar,  Kupwara. During the encounter three terrorists were killed. One civilian lost his life. Two army officers sustained injuries. During the search operation 03AK rifles were recovered from the encounter site.

*******

## Page 1 of 4 Annexure-IV L.S.U.S.Q.No. 304 FOR 1.12.2015

State-wise violence profile of the North Eastern States during last three years and the current year.

| Arunachal Pradesh     | Arunachal Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh      | Arunachal Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh   |
|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Years                 | Incidents           | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed   | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed          | Civilians killed    | Persons kidnapped   |
| 2012                  | 54                  | 66                  | 14                  | 17                     | -                   | 05                  | 17                  |
| 2013                  | 21                  | 49                  | 07                  | 02                     | 01                  | 02                  | 09                  |
| 2014                  | 33                  | 86                  | 09                  | 07                     | -                   | 02                  | 49                  |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 23                  | 49                  | 03                  | 01                     | 03                  | -                   | 27                  |
| Assam                 | Assam               | Assam               | Assam               | Assam                  | Assam               | Assam               | Assam               |
| Years                 | Incidents           | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed   | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed          | Civilians killed    | Persons kidnapped   |
| 2012                  | 169                 | 412                 | 59                  | 757                    | 05                  | 27                  | 79                  |
| 2013                  | 211                 | 348                 | 52                  | 92                     | 05                  | 35                  | 125                 |
| 2014                  | 246                 | 319                 | 102                 | 102                    | 04                  | 168                 | 94                  |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 74                  | 612                 | 45                  | 27                     | -                   | 09                  | 25                  |
| Manipur               | Manipur             | Manipur             | Manipur             | Manipur                | Manipur             | Manipur             | Manipur             |
| Years                 | Incidents           | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed   | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed          | Civilians killed    | Persons kidnapped   |

| 2012                  | 518       | 1286                | 65                | 350                    | 08         | 21               | 57                |
|-----------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------|
| 2013                  | 225       | 918                 | 25                | 513                    | 05         | 28               | 22                |
| 2014                  | 278       | 1052                | 23                | 80                     | 08         | 16               | 29                |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 198       | 728                 | 37                | 04                     | 23         | 14               | 19                |
| Meghalaya             | Meghalaya | Meghalaya           | Meghalaya         | Meghalaya              | Meghalaya  | Meghalaya        | Meghalaya         |
| Years                 | Incidents | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed | Civilians killed | Persons kidnapped |
| 2012                  | 127       | 92                  | 16                | 20                     | 01         | 36               | 64                |
| 2013                  | 123       | 75                  | 21                | 10                     | 07         | 30               | 33                |
| 2014                  | 179       | 173                 | 35                | 733                    | 06         | 24               | 110               |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 113       | 99                  | 24                | 46                     | 07         | 10               | 77                |
| Mizoram               | Mizoram   | Mizoram             | Mizoram           | Mizoram                | Mizoram    | Mizoram          | Mizoram           |
| Years                 | Incidents | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed | Civilians killed | Persons kidnapped |
| 2012                  | -         | 02                  | -                 | -                      | -          | -                | 06                |
| 2013                  | 01        | 03                  | -                 | -                      | -          | -                | 06                |
| 2014                  | 03        | -                   | -                 | 03                     | -          | -                | 14                |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 02        | 04                  | -                 | -                      | 03         | -                | 13                |
| Nagaland              | Nagaland  | Nagaland            | Nagaland          | Nagaland               | Nagaland   | Nagaland         | Nagaland          |
| Years                 | Incidents | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed | Civilians killed | Persons kidnapped |

| 2012                  | 151       | 275                 | 66                | 04                     | -          | 08               | 93                |
|-----------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------|
| 2013                  | 145       | 309                 | 33                | 01                     | -          | 11               | 100               |
| 2014                  | 77        | 296                 | 12                | -                      | -          | 01               | 65                |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 91        | 237                 | 28                | 12                     | 09         | 07               | 65                |
| Tripura               | Tripura   | Tripura             | Tripura           | Tripura                | Tripura    | Tripura          | Tripura           |
| Years                 | Incidents | Extremists arrested | Extremists killed | Extremists surrendered | SFs killed | Civilians killed | Persons kidnapped |
| 2012                  | 06        | 12                  | 02                | 13                     | -          | -                | 13                |
| 2013                  | 06        | 10                  | -                 | 22                     | -          | 01               | 12                |
| 2014                  | 08        | 08                  | -                 | 40                     | 02         | 01               | 08                |
| 2015(upto 15.11.2015) | 01        | 02                  | -                 | 15                     | -          | -                | 03                |

******