According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) report, insurgency-related violence declined by 48 per-cent in Meghalaya, 40 per-cent in Arunachal Pradesh, 16 per-cent in Assam and 24 per-cent in Manipur in 2018 compared to 2017, reports The Sentinel on May 27. In Assam, insurgency related incidents declined to 28 in 2018 from 402 in 2009. Similarly, 133 extremists were arrested in 2018 while 359 were held in 2009. In 2009 194 militants were killed in Assam while in 2018 only five were killed. In 2009, 616 extremists surrendered in Assam and in 2018, 13 had laid down arms. The number of security forces killed in insurgency-related incidents across Assam in 2009 was 22; but in 2018 only one security personnel lost life in such cases. In Assam, 91 persons were kidnapped or abducted in 2008, however, the number of abductees in 2018 is six.
The report also added that operations are ongoing against, adds The Sentinel. The UMHA report stated that from December 23, 2014 to November 30, 2018, altogether 1,121 cadres and linkmen of National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) were arrested. Moreover, 63 NDFB-S militants have also been killed in operations.
In 2018, Counter-Insurgency Operations led to the neutralization of 34 militants, arrest of 804 others and the recovery of 420 weapons in the North East Region (NER), reports The Sentinel on May 27. Insurgency-related incidents in NER came down to 252 in 2018 from 308 in 2017. Similarly, there was 25 per-cent reduction in number of deaths of civilians and security forces personnel in 2018. In 2017, there were 49 such cases whereas it came down to 37 in 2018.
Compared to 2013, insurgency incidents declined significantly by 66 per-cent, civilians’ casualties by 79 per-cent, casualties among security forces by 23 per-cent and kidnapping or abduction cases by 62 per-cent in the region in 2018. There is almost no insurgency in Tripura and Mizoram.