Amid a spike in the attacks on civilians, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is set to send additional 5500 troops to Jammu and Kashmir.According to a reports, 138 terrorists have been killed by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir this year, even as 55 have been arrested in wake of the civilian killings. The security agencies have held close to 700 overground workers in the Valley since the beginning of the year.According to reports, the deployment is a part of the earlier move under which 25 companies of CRPF have already been deployed since last month.”Considering recent civilian killings in Jammu and Kashmir, five additional CRPF teams are being sent to the Union Territory. These companies will be deployed there within a week. The force earlier had sent 25 companies in J&K,” an official told news agency
