Ministry of Defence

Terrorist attacks on Defence Stations in J&K

Posted On: 23 JUL 2018 3:33PM by PIB Delhi

The details of terrorist attacks on defence stations / Army Camps in Jammu & Kashmir and casualties of soldiers and civilians during the last two years and the current year are as under:

 

S. No.

Year

No. of incidents

Army Casualties

Terrorists Killed

Civilian Casualties

Fatal

Non Fatal

Fatal

Non-Fatal

 

1.

2016

05

26

25

10

-

-

2.

2017

01

03

07

02

-

-

3.

2018

03

06

08

03

01

06

 

All terrorist attacks on Army Camps are investigated in detail.  Prima facie it was found that these attacks were carried out by terrorist out fits.  Government had issued broad guidelines for Security of Defence Installations and in compliance with the said Guidelines, the Defence Forces have taken a number of actions including risk categorisation of military bases; appraisal and upgradation of intelligence gathering capabilities; strengthening and streamlining of the response mechanism; use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); periodic security audit of all military installations etc.  The Army also carries out indepth analysis of the terrorist incidents and security breaches that are identified with various incidents.  Perimeter security projects of all three Armed Forced have been sanctioned by the Government.

 

 

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Kumari Selja in Rajya Sabha today.

NAo/Nampi/Rajib/HS

 

 




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