Highest Militant, Civilian casualties in J&K this year: Union Minister Hansraj

As many as 203 militants, the highest in the past four years, were killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir this year and the number of civilians killed in “militancy-related violence” in the period was also the highest, the government of India informed the Parliament on Tuesday. Union minister of state for home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha that 203 militants were killed in the state this year till December 10, as compared to 150 in the calendar year 2016, 108 in…

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