Deradicalisation camps: Good sign if any such facility comes up in Kashmir, says J&K DGP

On Thursday, CDS Gen Bipin Rawat said that “girls and boys as young as 10 and 12 are now being radicalised” in Kashmir, and that those who are “completely radicalised” need to be “taken out separately” and put in deradicalisation camps. He said that “a counter-radicalisation programme” should be launched. “First target those who are completely radicalised, then start also looking at the future.”

Responding to a question on Rawat’s statement, DGP Singh said, “We at out level have seen that when we get hold of some people, speak to them, talk to them, they don’t seem to be talking much sense at times. So, therefore, if some sensible kind of arrangement is made… good people from the civil society and experts who deal with the subject and relevant aspects of religion and other things… I think that would be a good development and that kind of thing should be welcomed.”