Imphal, Jan 18: Insurgency related incidents in the North East states registered drastic drops this year. According to official source, there were no insurgency related incidents in Tripura in 2017. General Assembly election of Tripura is scheduled on February 18. Mizoram too registered no insurgency related incidents in 2017, the official source said.
In 2000 altogether 1,963 insurgency related incidents were reported in North Eastern states, in 2017 the number of insurgency related incidents come down to 308, the home ministry official source said. It added that the number of abductions reported in all the North East States went down by 36 % last year compare to 2016.
Number of security forces killed last year was12 and the civilian killed also registered drastic drop.