Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh: The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has shown a marked improvement during last year with various steps being taken by the Government; Police detain youths in connection with Sherbagh blast;
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  • Reports noted that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the Chief Minister’s Conference on Internal Security has said that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has shown a marked improvement during last year with various steps being taken by the Government showing results on the ground. The Prime Minister and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde focused on the prevailing situation in the state during the Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security held in New Delhi. Dr Singh said the strategy to prevent cross-border infiltration by militants and intelligence based counter-militancy operations in the state have resulted in a decline in the level of violence by about one-third in 2012 as compared to 2011. Violence parameters in 2012 have been the lowest since the upsurge in militant activities two decades ago. The record inflow of tourists and pilgrims during 2012 also points to an improved security situation in the state. He assured the states of Centre’s full support to tackle militancy.1

    In other developments, according to reports, a day after a grenade attack on Sherbagh Police Station at Islamabad in Anantnag, police on June 3 detained around a dozen youth during raids. The security in the town was also been beefed up.2

    According to reports, a top Jaish-e-Muhammad militant was killed in a gunfight with forces in Kellar area of the South Kashmir district of Pulwama on June 5.3

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