Srinagar: Police on Tuesday said that it has busted a militant recruitment module in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district which it said was being run by Pakistani handlers through social media.
Talking to reporters in Pattan the SSP Baramulla Amod Nagpure saif “Five youths, including two juveniles, were rescued from terror folds, counselled and handed over to their parents in the Pattan area of Baramulla district.
He said “police and army unearthed the module in which Pakistani handlers through social media were trying to lure youths into joining militant ranks and act against the government of India”, Stating therein that As per inputs received from reliable sources, it was learnt that some youngsters are being enticed by militant handlers from Pakistan to join militant organisations.
“The security forces first traced these youths and they were subjected to sustained questioning with the help of their parents. On their disclosure, it was learnt that these youths were in touch with militant handlers in Pakistan through social media to get recruited in militant outfits,” the SSP said. He said the militant handlers were trying to radicalise them. “These boys, all in their teenage, have now been handed over to parents after their proper counselling,” he added.
Nagpure said while security forces are firm in their resolve to defeat nefarious designs of the enemy, parents should also keep a vigil on the activities of their children and cooperate with police.
