KASHMIR NEWS ZONE CORRESPONDENT
Ganderbal 01 Oct (KNZ):Ganderbal Police on inputs from Military Intelligence and other agencies apprehended one local youth namely Umar Nazir sheikh s/o Nazir Ahmad R/O Ganderbal, Age 22. The youth was put to brief questioning.
During questioning and upon verifying his social media outlook especially on WhatsApp and Telegram, he was in constant touch with some suspects in Bandipora and Pulwama and had developed tendency to join militancy.
The youth was properly counselled by SSP Ganderbal Shri Khalil Ahmad Poswal-JKPS and other experts in presence of his parents and later he has been handed over to his parents.
His Parents expressed their gratitude to Police for this gesture and thanked Ganderbal Police for saving their beloved one early before his life gets ruined.
While deliberating on the issue, SSP Ganderbal said that ANE operatives from across the border are preying gullible Kashmiri youth on various social media platforms and enticing them to joining militancy which needs to be curbed. He further said that parents should come forward and report any such activity of their wards so that they are mainstreamed through concerted counselling by experts.(KNZ)