The Home Ministry has directed security agencies to weed out the militants to prevent them from attacking security forces in the coming summer months.Security experts, including former J&K police chief S P Vaid, claim Pakistan has pushed battle-hardened militants and highly trained SSG commandos into the Jammu region.While earlier, militancy was confined to border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region, where since 2021, 44 people, including 18 security personnel and 13 militants, were killed in militancy violence, militancy has now spread to more districts of the Jammu region.Last year, militancy incidents, including encounters and attacks, took place in eight out of 10 districts in theJammu region including in Jammu. At least 18 security personnel, three Village Defence Group members, 14 civilians and 13 militants were killed in militancy incidents in the Jammu region.In the biggest attack targetting civilians on June 9, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking oath for the third term, militants attacked a bus carrying pilgrims from Shiv Khori shrine in Reasi district killing nine persons and injuring 43. After the abrogation of Article 370, militants are attempting to shift militancy to the Jammu region from Kashmir, where they are on the run due to “Operation All Out” launched by security forces.
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