New Delhi, Feb 3 (UNI) The cases of ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the western borders have more than doubled in the past three years (from 2,140 in 2018 to 5,133 in 2020), particularly after abrogation of special provisions under Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir, the Government data revealed.
The data also showed a decline in the number of casualty, both civilian and security personnel and also those who sustained injuries during such exchange of fire.
According to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) data, the total number of cases of ceasefire violation in 2018 was 2,140, which gone up to 3,479 in 2019 and then further increase to 5,133 in 2020.
Meanwhile, the number of civilians killed in those exchanges reduced from 30 in 2018 to 18 in 2019, but has gone up to 22 in 2020. In case of civilian injured in such incidents has shown a steady decline from 143 in 2018 to 127 in 2019 and 71 in 2020.
In case of security personnel causality, the trend according to the data, there has been a declining trend, as in 2018 29 troopers killed and in 2019 they reduced to 19, but then increased to 24 in 2020. Among those injured included 116 in 2018, 140 in 2019 and 126 in 2020.
The data has shown that there has been a sharp decline in the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, as they came down from 614 in 2018 to 594 in 2019, which further sharply gone down to 244 in 2020. Even casualties of security personnel in those incidents have also seen a consistent decline from 01 in 2018 to 80 in 2019 and 62 in 2020, the statistic suggested.
While summing up the data, the Government has said that J&K was affected by terrorism sponsored and supported from across the border since last three decades. “The ceasefire violations by Pakistan have been reported from the International Border and Line of Control in J&K only. The Government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism,” the report said.
“Immediate and effective retaliation is undertaken by the security forces in cases of ceasefire violations/cross border firings. There has been a substantial decline in the terrorist attacks over the last three years, due to a slew of pre-emptive measures undertaken.” The government said in the report.
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