Considerable decline in militancy in J-K: DG Khudda.Byline: ANI Jammu Jammu (jŭ`m  ), city (1991 pop. 206,135), Jammu and Kashmir state, N India, on the Tawi River and in the Himalayan foothills. , Nov.21 (ANI): Director General of Police Kuldeep Khudda on
Saturday said there has been a considerable decline in the
militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: see Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir State (pop., 2001: 10,143,700), northern India. With an area of 39,146 sq mi (101,387 sq km), it occupies the southern portion of the Kashmir region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent and is . Speaking to media men here, Kuldeep Khudda, Director General of Police said militancy-related violence has dropped by almost 23 percent this year. He informed there was a 38 percent drop last year, the lowest in 19 years, but added that he was hopeful of further improvement in the situation this year. "When terrorism is on some incidences do happen overall we have seen as has been the case in the year 2007-2008. 2007 had the lowest ever number of incidents after that stage 2008 further improved the situation we had about 38 percent drop in terrorist violence and it was the lowest ever for those 19 years and this year also we had witnessed a drop of around 23-24 percent over the last year again hopefully this year will end with the lowest ever terrorist violence," Kuldeep Khudda said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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