There has been a decline in the number of insurgency-related incidents in northeastern region between 2014 and 2020 and 187 insurgency-related incidents occurred in region this year till November 15, the govrenment informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told Lok Sabha in a written reply that 20 civilians, eight security forces personnel and 39 insurgents were killed in insurgency-related incidents this year up to November 15.
A total of 3,015 insurgency-related incidents have occurred since 2014 in the region.
A total of 824 incidents of insurgency-related incidents took place in the region in 2014, 574 in 2015, 484 in 2016, 308 in 2017, 252 in 2018, 223 in 2019 and 163 in 2020.
( With inputs from ANI )
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