Jammu Kashmir accounts for nearly 97 per cent of militancy cases under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) cases reported in India, Indian Express reported.
Quoting data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), on average, 20-25 such cases filed under UAPA are taken up in courts in Jammu Kashmir daily.
The conviction rate remains very low, as per the report.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police is currently investigating 1,335 UAPA cases, of which 1,214 are in Kashmir. Over the last year, the SIA has taken up 80 cases. Of the 884 UAPA cases under trial in J-K, the SIA is handling 24.
There are 249 cases under trial in north Kashmir (Baramulla, Handwara, Kupwara, Bandipora, and Sopore); 223 in south Kashmir (Pulwama, Awantipora, Anantnag, Shopian, and Kulgam); and 317 in central Kashmir (Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal).
According to the report with a large backlog of cases at the district level, the capacity-building exercise began about five months ago with the formation of SIUs.
The 14-member teams, led by district superintendents of police (SPs) and tasked with “effective investigation and case building” for UAPA cases, were established first in the five police districts of South Kashmir, then Central Kashmir, and finally North Kashmir.
Due to the volume of cases, the Srinagar district has two of these specialized units, the report added.
