Village Defence Guards
Armed villagers groups in Jammu and Kashmir
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Village Defence Guards (VDGs) formerly known as Village Defence Committees is a civilian militia first established in the mid-1990s in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir for the self-defence of locals, especially minorities such as Hindus, Sikhs and vulnerable section of Muslims in remote hilly villages against militancy. It consist of villagers as well as police officers.
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Jammu and Kashmir encounter: Army soldier killed during gunfight with terrorists in KishtwarAn Indian Army JCO was killed and three others critically injured during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district. Security forces engaged in a firefight with terrorists..IndiaTimes - Published | |
J-K: Police recover bodies of two village defence guards killed in Kishtwar terror attackEarlier on Thursday, terrorists killed two VDG members identified as Nazir Ahmed and Kuldeep Kumar, both residents of the Kuntwara area in Kishtwar.DNA - Published | |
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