(a) the number of security personnel who have lost their lives while fighting and or posted at home front since 2001 till date; and
(b) the number of security personnel gone untraced from various fronts since 2001 and the steps taken to trace all the said personnel?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a): 5569 personnel of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) have lost their lives while fighting or posted at home front since 2001 till date.
(b): 52 personnel of CAPFs & AR have been untraced from various fronts since 2001. All out efforts have been made to trace out these personnel including lodging of FIR/ Police investigation, giving advertisement in various media, liaison with senior level officers of concerned State etc.
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