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Over 47,000 killed in two decades of terrorism in J&K: CS
Jammu, Nov 21 (PTI) Over 47,000 people, including security forces and militants, were killed in militancy elated incidents in the past two decades in Jammu and Kashmir, State Chief Secretary S S Kapur said.
Of them, 20,000 were civilians, 7,000 were police personnel and special police officers who died in different attacks by terrorists in the state during the period, Kapur said.
He was addressing an inaugural session of a week-long
vertical interaction course (VIC) on tactical preparedness to
counter terrorism, sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research
and Development at Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy at Udhampur,
about 65 kms from here, Thursday.
He said that administrative action by the state police
and security forces had also seen elimination of 20,000
terrorists in the state.
Dwelling on the subject of terrorism, he said that it had
threatened the very foundations of Indian democracy and we
need to be extremely vigil in meeting this challenge.
"New counter terrorism operations require more
information, intelligence and technology rather than use of
force and weapons alone," he said, adding that an integrated
approach involving social and economic developmental measures
was required to keep the social fabric of society intact.
The state police, which constitutes a major bulwark of
the state machinery against the menace of terrorism, needs to
be strengthened in numbers as well as in equipment and
training to meet the challenges.
The chief secretary said, "Most of the state police
forces need to be improved on cyber skills, human resource
development, motivation and willingness to take risks to fight
against terrorism."
Earlier in his address, the Director of the Academy Navin
Agarwal apprised that the week-long interaction on various
issues concerning several dimensions of terrorism, its
ever-changing ramifications would be discussed.
"Our current and futuristic preparedness to counter the
terror threats and to make the police forces of the country
more effective in dealing with the menace of terror will also
be discussed," Agarwal said.
He hoped that new appropriate tactical action plan would
be evolved after the end of the course.
As many as 18 Indian Police Service and senior police and
para-military officers from across the country participated in
the course. PTI
Of them, 20,000 were civilians, 7,000 were police personnel and special police officers who died in different attacks by terrorists in the state during the period, Kapur said.
He was addressing an inaugural session of a week-long
vertical interaction course (VIC) on tactical preparedness to
counter terrorism, sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research
and Development at Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy at Udhampur,
about 65 kms from here, Thursday.
He said that administrative action by the state police
and security forces had also seen elimination of 20,000
terrorists in the state.
Dwelling on the subject of terrorism, he said that it had
threatened the very foundations of Indian democracy and we
need to be extremely vigil in meeting this challenge.
"New counter terrorism operations require more
information, intelligence and technology rather than use of
force and weapons alone," he said, adding that an integrated
approach involving social and economic developmental measures
was required to keep the social fabric of society intact.
The state police, which constitutes a major bulwark of
the state machinery against the menace of terrorism, needs to
be strengthened in numbers as well as in equipment and
training to meet the challenges.
The chief secretary said, "Most of the state police
forces need to be improved on cyber skills, human resource
development, motivation and willingness to take risks to fight
against terrorism."
Earlier in his address, the Director of the Academy Navin
Agarwal apprised that the week-long interaction on various
issues concerning several dimensions of terrorism, its
ever-changing ramifications would be discussed.
"Our current and futuristic preparedness to counter the
terror threats and to make the police forces of the country
more effective in dealing with the menace of terror will also
be discussed," Agarwal said.
He hoped that new appropriate tactical action plan would
be evolved after the end of the course.
As many as 18 Indian Police Service and senior police and
para-military officers from across the country participated in
the course. PTI
