The Union Government on March 15 said that 62 Security Force (SF) personnel lost their lives and 106 were injured in terrorist violence, including encounters during infiltration, in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 2020, while 42 SF personnel were killed and 117 injured in such incidents in 2021, reports Daily Excelsior. As many as 176 attempts were made to infiltrate into J&K from across the border in the last two years in which 31 terrorists were killed, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament). Rai said the attempts of terrorist infiltration from across the border are mainly in Jammu and Kashmir which has been affected by terrorist violence, sponsored and supported from across the border. According the available information, there were 99 attempts of infiltration in 2020 and 77 in 2021 while 19 terrorists were killed in such infiltration attempts in 2020 and 12 terrorists were killed in 2021 and one was arrested, he said replying to a written question.