Prevented four youth from joining militancy: J&K Police

KUPWARA — Jammu & Kashmir Police on Sunday said that it prevented four youth from joining militancy in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

“Kupwara police received a reliable information regarding some youth from different parts of Kupwara district being exploited for commission of terrorist acts and being motivated for their eventual induction into militant ranks by notorious Pakistan based terrorist handlers,” the police statement said.

The statement said, “Kupwara police acted swiftly and raided four places in district Kupwara and apprehended four youths (names withheld).”

“After sustained questioning, all four of them admitted to the fact that they were being rigorously and regularly motivated since last few months by a Pak based terrorist handler to lob grenades on forces as their preliminary test to formally enter into militant ranks,” it said.

Police said, “Pertinently, it surfaced that various social media platforms are being used by Pakistan for luring and coercing gullible youth towards the destructive path of terrorism.”

“Keeping in view the past record of these youth and the efforts put in by their families and elders to encourage them to shun path of terrorism, police decided to adopt a humane approach and hand them over to their respective families,” the statement added.

It further said, “Kupwara police has once again foiled the evil designs of Pakistan based terrorists to recruit local youth into terrorism.”