350 militants operating in J-K: Govt

There is no noticeable change in strength of sikh organisations during last two years: Jitendra Singh.

More than 350 militants,many of them Pakistanis,are operating in Jammu and Kashmir,the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

“With regard to terrorist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir,presently about 350-370 are assessed to be operating in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of which approximately 38 per cent are foreign militants,primarily Pakistani,” Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.

He said as regards Sikh terrorism,there is no noticeable change in the strength of their organisations during the last two years.

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Singh said with regard to Left Wing organisations,it is a fact that LWE groups particularly the CPI (Maoist) in the recent past have been indulging in recruitment of cadre in their strongholds.

“As per available inputs,the CPI (Maoist) has recruited 1,505 cadre during 2010 and 1,458 during current year,” he said.

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