61 infiltration cases, 115 civilians lost their lives between 2018 and 2020

The government today informed the Lok Sabha that 42 terror outfits, like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, had been banned for their involvement in various acts of terrorism, largely sponsored from across the border.

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State (MoS) for Home G Kishan Reddy also said 635 terrorists were killed by security forces in J&K between 2018 and 2020, while 115 civilians lost their lives to terror violence in the Union Territory during the period.

Three civilians were also killed in the hinterland due to the terrorist violence in the last three years, he added.

“The government has declared 42 organisations as terrorist groups and listed their names in the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Terrorism in India has largely been sponsored from across the border,” the minister said.

In response to a separate question, Reddy’s colleague in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), MoS Nityanand Rai, said 61 cases of infiltration were reported along the Indo-Pakistan border in the last two years, 1,045 infiltrations along the Indo-Bangladesh border and 63 along the Indo-Nepal border.

Courtesy: Daily Tribune : 09th March 2021