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The Indian security forces were beginning to realize the futility of fighting Kashmiris.Since 2005,Nearly 41000 BSF personnel-1 in 5 of the total have resigned their posts, preferring time with their families & looking for better jobs.Over 7000 left in 1st half of 2007
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In 2006,nearly 16,200 left; in 2005 over 17,000 left their posts. An annual attrition rate of eight percent 'was alarming but understandable in a force that has a suicide rate - that is three times higher than the army.
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Over the period 2001-20, suicides and fragging remained unabated among forces.
In 2018, there were 8, 16, & 83 suicide cases in the three forces’. In 2017, the number of suicide cases was 5,21 and 77 in the Navy, Air Force, and Army, respectively.
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Between 2011 and 2018, there were 891 deaths by suicide of members of the Indian armed forces. Number Of Suicides [was] Highest In Army Among Three Armed Forces.
(The Week (August 6, 2018) reported `More Indian soldiers killed by themselves than by enemies.
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