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Insurgency-related incidents in the northeast have gone down by 70 per cent and there has been a drop in civilian deaths by 80 per cent in 2019 as compared to 2013.

This was informed by union minister of state for home affairs G Kishen Reddy at Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

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โ€œSecurity situation in the northeast has improved substantially since 2014 and there has been a 78 per cent decline in casualties in security forces,โ€ Reddy said.

โ€œMoreover, compared to 2013, there has been a 70 per cent decline in insurgency-related incidents and a massive drop of 80 per cent in civilian deaths,โ€ Reddy added.

He further informed that from 2014 to 2019, 1,824 insurgents have surrendered.

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โ€œRecently, 88 cadres of National Liberation Front of Tripura (Sabir Debbarma) (NLFT-SD) surrendered,โ€ Reddy informed.

โ€œThere was an agreement with the outfit in August 2019,โ€ he said.

He further informed that on January 23, 2020, 644 cadres of different outfits surrendered.

โ€œ1,615 cadres of different factions of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) also surrendered on January 30, 2020,โ€ Reddy said.