2009 saw the lowest violence in 2 decades in JK

Anil Bhat
Jammu, Jan 7 (PTI) The year gone by saw a record low in
violence-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir (India's
northernmost state) in the past 20 years.
"It was a year of lowest violence in two decades in Jammu
and Kashmir. Terror-related incidents, killings of civilians
and security force personnel went down below the 1990
figures," DGP Kuldeep Khoda told PTI.
Official records said 79 civilians were victims of
violence-related incidents while 72 securitymen were killed
during the year.
"Civilian killings during 2009 went down by over 42 per
cent as compared to 2008 while militancy-related incidents
dropped by over 35 per cent," Khoda said.
In 2008, there were 708 militancy-related incidents while
147 civilians and 85 security personnel were killed.
As per the figures, 1995 saw the highest number of 5,946
militancy-related incidents in which 1,202 civilians, 237
securitymen and 1,596 militants were killed.
Not only this, the year did not see any major suicide
attack on the security establishment or VVIP area, he said.
It was only on December 30 that militants struck in Sopore
and killed four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans.
This is despite the fact that 30,000 security personnel
belonging to the army, Border Security Force and CRPF were
withdrawn from the state putting more responsibility on the
shoulders of the state police, Khoda said. PTI AB
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