Great loss of lives in Jammu and Kashmir

KASHMIR: “4,812 civilians and 2,219 security force personnel have lost their lives since 2001 to August 2010 in Jammu and Kashmir,” the Home Ministry said in reply to an RTI query.

There have been so many kinds of incidents witnessed by Jammu and Kashmir in terms of violence including stone pelting, violent protests, encounters with armed terrorists and terror attacks in the recent past resulting in death of and injuries to civilians and securitymen.

The Home Ministry said, “Law and order is a state subject and measures are taken by the Jammu and Kashmir government to maintain peace and public order.”

Ashwini Shrivastava exercising his Right to Information asked the Ministry to give details of casualties due to stone pelting and terror or infiltration attempts by the terrorists since 2001 to till date.

In the last 10 years, a total of 7,031 civilians and security force personnel have lost their lives due to violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

(News Editor- Naushin Fatima Khan)