Security forces killed 172 terrorists in 92 encounters in Valley in 2022: Kashmir Police

Around 108 terrorists eliminated belonged mainly to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and  The Resistance Front (TRF).

By Sunil Bhat: As we draw closer to the end of this year, the security forces in 2022 in Kashmir, to ensure peace in the region, neutralised 172 terrorists, including 42 foreign terrorists, by conducting 93 successful encounters across the valley, Kashmir Police said.

Around 108 terrorists eliminated belonged mainly to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and The Resistance Front (TRF), followed by Jaish e Mohammed (35), Hizbul-Mujahidin(22), Al-Badr (4) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (3), according to Kashmir’s Additional director general of police.

This year, 100 fresh recruitments into terrorist ranks were reported, suggesting a 37 per cent decline compared to last year. Out of total recruitment, 65 terrorists were gunned down, 17 were arrested, and 18 are still active, added the ADGP, Kashmir.

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He further stressed that the life span of newly recruited terrorists declined drastically as 89 per cent of terrorists were neutralised within the first month of their joining.

ENDEAVOUR TO DISMANTLE ECOSYSTEM

Home Minister Amit Shah had said earlier this week that the ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir that provides impetus to terrorists needs to be dismantled in order to ensure the well-being of common people in the valley.

The union home minister also reviewed the security alacrity and several other aspects to embolden the security in Jammu and Kashmir. He also directed officials to adhere to the policy of zero tolerance against terrorism strictly.

"A terror ecosystem comprising elements that aid, abet and sustain the terrorist-separatist campaign to the detriment of the well-being of common people requires to be dismantled," said Shah.

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