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The militants killed in security forces operations this year has been the highest since 2010 when 38 ultras were eliminated in the months of January and February.

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militants has resulted in security forces being able to track them down more easily as is reflected in the numbers.

The militants killed in security forces operations this year has been the highest since 2010 when 38 ultras were eliminated in the months of January and February.

Security forces have killed 18 militants in January and February months of each of the last three years while the number was only two in 2013, six in 2012 and five in 2011.

One of the reasons for intensifying the operations against militants in the valley is to prevent these "indoctrinated and brainwashed people" from roping in more vulnerable youths into their ranks, the officer said.

"We have seen that most of the local militants killed this year had taken to arms in the past six months or so. They were radicalised by militants and other subversive elements.

The effort is to stop this vicious cycle and prevent further recruitment of youth by the militants," he said.

The summer unrest last year came as a major boon for militants operating in Kashmir.

"They not only got the manpower for their subversive activities but managed to lay their hands on several dozen rifles which were looted from various police installations during the mob protests last year," the officer said.

The security forces, besides intensifying the operations, have launched counselling programmes for youngsters to wean them away from the separatist and militant propaganda, he said.

"We have had encouraging response to these programmes as you can see in the lesser number of stone-pelting incidents on Friday which have been localised to notorious trouble spots of the valley," he added.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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