Pulwama attack: In last 5 years, J&K saw 93% rise in death of security personnel

Wahid Bhat

SRINAGAR, (PTK): The attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama district that killed more than 440 CRPF men on Thursday (February 14) is the biggest militant attack in the past five years. However, data released by the Narendra Modi government on February 5, 2019 reveal that Jammu and Kashmir has been facing militancy threats for the past five years.

The data recently released by the Ministry of Home Affairs shows that between 2014 and 2018, there has been a 93 per rise in the number of security personnel killed in militants incidents in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides this, these five years also saw a 176 per cent rise in the number of militant incidents in the state. (PTK)

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