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MoS for Home, G Kishan Reddy says, 42 terrorist organisations like LeT and JeM have been banned by govt

Union Minister of State for Home, G Kishan Reddy said that a total of 42 terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) have been banned by the government for their involvement in various acts of terrorism, which is largely been sponsored from across the border. <br />''<br />''AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the minister informed the Lok Sabha about this development today. Besides, the minister also said that 635 terrorists were killed by security forces in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir between 2018 and 2020, while 115 civilians lost their lives to terror violence in the UT during the period. He further informed the lower house that three civilians were also killed in the hinterland due to the terrorist violence in the last three years. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Pertinently, the government has declared 42 organisations as terrorist organisations and listed their names in the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.<br />''<br />''The terrorism in India has largely been sponsored from across the border. However, in response to a separate question, the Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai said that 61 cases of infiltration were reported along the Indo-Pak border in last two years, whereas 1045 infiltrations along the Indo-Bangladesh border and 63 along the Indo-Nepal border were reported during the last two years.</span><br />

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