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New Delhi: Firmly rejecting the Opposition charge in Lok Sabha that there was complacency in fighting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on July 22 said the militant attacks were aimed at disrupting normalcy and the peace initiative for normalisation of relations with Pakistan.

Advani was responding to an impromptu debate on the attacks on Vaishno Devi pilgrims at Katra on July 21 night and on an Army camp at Akhnoor on July 22 morning after an angry Opposition charged the government with developing complacency in the wake of peace initiative taken by India recently.

While six pilgrims including two Nepali citizens lost their lives and 47 were injured in the Vaishno Devi attack, six Army jawans were killed by terrorists in Akhnoor, he said Adding, that a Deputy Superintendent of Police was killed in another attack on July 21 near Rajouri.

PTI