Separatists misguiding youth: CRPF

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 25: Without naming anyone, paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) today blamed ‘some separatists’ for provoking Kashmiri youth to tread path of militancy in Kashmir but expressed hope that they will return to the mainstream.
“We won’t blame anybody. May be they are carried away and misguided by some separatist group. But at the same time I am sure they will come back to mainstream, and it is much of hype, it’s not much of the increase in militants,” said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CRPF, Sanjeev Dhundia, Srinagar (North) here on the sidelines of a function. He was replying to a question with regard to increase in local recruitment of militants in Valley over the last two years.
The DIG, however, said the security forces are in control of the situation. “Of course, lately, a few incidents have happened but things are in control and CRPF and JKP (Jammu and Kashmir Police) together is able to control the situation and we will handle it well and we will try our best that peace loving citizens of our State and Country have a wonderful future and life ahead,” he said.
Responding to a question vis-à-vis recent surge in attacks by foreign militants in Valley, he said: “We have been looking into this and we will address the issue, activities will come down in the future,” adding: “I can assure you that.”
Earlier, with the sole aim to promote computer literacy among  Blind, dumb and deaf children students of Kashmir, the CRPF’s 73 Battalion donated computers, peripheral devices, furniture and other Infrastructural equipments to Modern High School here in Solina.
“Through civic action programs, CRPF is constantly working hard towards promoting the standard of computer literacy among Kashmiri students. Particularly this time, for a noble cause and to promote such institutes where differently abled students are being taught, this infrastructural support will help school administration nurture the hidden talent of these students in the fields of Information Technology and Computer Science,” said the DIG.