Saleem Pandit    

There are at least 250 terrorists still active in Jammu and Kashmir even as security forces killed around 230 of them in counter-militancy operations in the Kashmir valley this year.

DGP Dilbagh Singh told TOI that though the militant recruitment had declined considerably in the last two months, there were still 250 active terrorists in the region. Fall in the recruitment, the DGP said was an indication that youth in Kashmir realized the futility of violence and didn’t find it appealing anymore. Stone pelting incidents have also decreased, again an indicator of peoples’ cooperation with the forces, the DGP said.

He said the police was targeting top commanders. “We try to ensure that operations are conducted without any collateral damage,” he said.

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Courtesy: Times of India: 4th Dec, 2018