4799 Stone Pelting incidents in 3 Years, 17 Protesters died of pellet injuries in 2 Years

There were 4,799 stone-throwing incidents and 872 terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the past three years, the government today informed the Rajya Sabha. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 730 incidents of stone-throwing were reported in 2015; 2,808 in 2016; and 1,216 in 2017. In a written reply to a question, he said there were 208 incidents of terrorist violence in J&K in 2015, 322 in 2016 and 342 such incidents in 2017. As many as 471 terrorists, 201 security forces personnel and 72…

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