223 under detention in J&K, none under house arrest: Govt in LS

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported, that after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year various measures were taken to maintain public order which included preventive detention of certain persons.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Reddy said, as on September 11, 223 people are under detention and not a single person is under house arrest in the Union territory.

Reddy also said after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state, the number of terrorist incidents have reduced significantly. The home ministry said as many as 176 infiltration attempts were made by terrorists between August 2019 and July 2020. Around 111 infiltration attempts were successful.