NEW DELHI – A total of 450 people, including stone pelters, miscreants, over ground workers (OGWs) and separatists of Jammu and Kashmir are presently under preventive detention in various jails, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said regular review is being undertaken on case to case basis and accordingly, extension in detention or revocation is made based on reports of field agencies and ground situation.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that in order to prevent commission of offences involving breach of peace and tranquillity, activities prejudicial to the security of the state and maintenance of public order, nearly 450 people including stone pelters, miscreants, over ground workers (OGWs), separatists, etc., are presently under preventive detention and are lodged in various jails and subsidiary jails, he said in a written reply to a question.
Even though DMK member A Ganeshamurthi asked the government to reply on the total number of political leaders who are under house arrest along with the reasons for their arrest, the union minister did not give any details.
Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti continue to be in detention since August 5 when the central government announced the abrogation of Article 370.
Another former chief minister Farooq Abdullah was released last week after seven months in detention.
79 Militancy Incidents In JK Post-August5
A total of 79 militancy related incidents have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir ever since the central government abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
However, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, no major militant attack took place in the hinterland of the country between August 5, 2019 and March 10, 2020.
Altogether 79 militancy incidents have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir during the period from August 5, 2019 to March 10, 2020, in which 49 militants have been killed, he said during Question Hour.
Replying to another question, Reddy said the investigation into the February 2019 attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir was still on.
“After the Pulwama attack, 82 security force personnel (including 40 CRPF personnel in Pulwama) have laid their lives in fight against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
The government announced abrogation of Article 370 provisions on August 5 last year.
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