New Delhi, July 22: There has not been any significant change in terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir since Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to the state in April last, government told the Lok Sabha today. As reported by the Jammu and Kashmir government, the number of security force personnel and terrorists killed as well as infiltration bids foiled by security forces on line of control or international border was virtually the same between April 18 and July 15 as in the corresponding period last year, Minister of State for Home Harin Pathak said. There was, however, a slight decline in the number of terrorist incidents, he said in a written reply.
Pathak said as per assessments made by various agencies and security forces, there has been a marginal decrease in infiltration of terrorists from across the LoC and IB between April 18 and July 15 as compared to same period last year.

The state government has reported that the infiltration bids foiled by security forces on LoC and IB during this period have been 13 in which 50 terrorists were killed as compared to 12 last year in which 23 terrorists were killed, he said.

Command: Government has no proposal to set up a unified headquarter of security agencies involved in counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir, Pathak said. He said the government recently reviewed the composition and working of two Unified Command Headquarters (UHQS) at Srinagar and Jammu and it was decided that there is no need for any change and that he existing system should continue to function in its present form.


Bureau Report