Jammu And Kashmir Police Chief Dilbag Singh on Thursday said that there has been a slight increase in the number of people joining terrorist ranks in comparison to 2019 but the number of terrorist-related incidents has seen significant decline in comparison to the last two years. However, the positive aspect is that 70 per cent of them were either eliminated or arrested. The shelf life of terrorists has decreased,” Dilbag Singh said. He added that there has been a significant decline in terrorist-related incidents this year in comparison to 2018 and 2019. “There were a dozen terrorists active in the Jammu region, the number has reduced to three now. They are in Kishtwar district, we are tracking them,” Singh said. The J&K DGP further said that despite several attempts by Pakistan, cases of infiltration this year is lowest in the last three-four years. “So, they (Pakistan) had to rely on local recruits and they tried to supply weapons, explosive materials and cash to them through drones, most of these were foiled,” he said.
