Jammu & Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh today said that there has been a slight hike in the number of people joining terrorist ranks in comparison to 2019 but the number of terrorist-related incidents has seen a significant decline in comparison to the last two years.

"There has been a significant decline in terrorist-related incidents this year in comparison to 2018 and 2019. There has been a slight increase in the number of people joining terrorist ranks in comparison to 2019. However, the positive aspect is that 70 percent of them were either eliminated or arrested. The shelf life of terrorists has decreased," DGP said at a press conference.

He further said that despite several attempts by Pakistan, cases of infiltration has been the lowest in the last three to four years. "They have had to rely on local recruits and they tried to supply weapons, explosive materials, and cash through drones, but most of these were foiled," he added.

"Over 100 successful anti-terrorist operations were carried out in Jammu and Kashmir this year in which 225 terrorists - 207 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu were eliminated," he added. The DGP also informed that there used to be a dozen active terrorists in the Jammu region but the number has reduced to three now.

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