Of this, 20,000 were civilians, 7,000 were police personnel and special police officers who died in different attacks by terrorists in the state during the period, Kapur said during an inaugural session of a week-long vertical interaction course (VIC) on tactical preparedness to counter terrorism, sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development at Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy at Udhampur, about 65 kms from Jammu, on Thursday.
He said that administrative action by the state police and security forces had also seen elimination of 20,000 terrorists in the state.
Dwelling on the subject of terrorism, he said that it had threatened the very foundations of Indian democracy and we need to be extremely vigil in meeting this challenge.
"New counter terrorism operations require more information, intelligence and technology rather than use of force and weapons alone," he said, adding that an integrated approach involving social and economic developmental measures was required to keep the social fabric of society intact.
The state police, which constitutes a major bulwark of the state machinery against the menace of terrorism, needs to be strengthened in numbers as well as in equipment and training to meet the challenges.
The chief secretary said, "Most of the state police forces need to be improved on cyber skills, human resource development, motivation and willingness to take risks to fight against terrorism."
Earlier in his address, the Director of the Academy Navin Agarwal apprised that the week-long interaction on various issues concerning several dimensions of terrorism, its ever-changing ramifications would be discussed.
"Our current and futuristic preparedness to counter the terror threats and to make the police forces of the country more effective in dealing with the menace of terror will also be discussed," Agarwal said.
He hoped that new appropriate tactical action plan would be evolved after the end of the course.
As many as 18 IPS and senior police and para-military officers from across the country participated in the course.
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