160 Terrorists Killed In Jammu And Kashmir In 2019, But 102 Pakistan-Origin Ultras Still Active In State firstpost.com

As many as 160 terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year, while 250 ultras, including 102 of Pakistani origin, were active in the Valley, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday, noting that terror incidents and the number of local youths joining militancy have decreased. “250 terrorists have been active in Jammu and Kashmir. There is a decrease in number of active militants as compared to last year,” Singh said at the annual press conference at police headquarters.
The DGP said that there is 30 percent fall in terrorist incidents, less civilian killings and 36 percent decrease in law and order incidents as compared to 2018. “218 such (local) youths joined militant outfits in 2018 but only 139 joined in 2019,” he said. Out of these new recruits, only 89 have survived. “The rest have been eliminated as their shelf life is between 24 hours to 2-3 months after joining militancy. There are hardly few old terrorists surviving, which include Jehangir Saroori and Riyaz Nayikoo”, he said.

There have been only 481 law and order incidents this year as compared to 625 last year, he said There were 80 per cent successful anti-terror operations in which 160 terrorists, including foreigners, have been killed during the year.