30 more youths joined terror groups upto July this year, government reveals

August 11, 2016 18:35

With upsurge in militancy in the Kashmir Valley, the government today admitted that as many as 30 youths have joined various terror groups upto July this year.

This was stated by minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir in Rajya Sabha while replying to a question asking whether a "new age militancy" was on the rise in Kashmir in which educated young men from the Valley were taking up arms for the first time since 1990.

The question was asked by Samajwadi Party's Amar Singh who also wanted to know whether a large number of educated young men from the Valley have gone to Pakistan for arms training.

In his reply, Ahir said as per reports, the number of youths who joined militant ranks during 2015 and up to July 2016 stood at 83 and 30 respectively.

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