Fouryouth who were held on Friday near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri area ofnorth Kashmir’s Baramulla district have been handed over to their families,reports quoting officials said today.
Addressinga press conference at EME unit Baramulla, Commander 79 Mount Brigade GirishKalia said that all four youths who were held “on path of violence”have been handed over to their respective families, reported news agency GNS.
Hesaid that they got information about four youth who were going to join path ofviolence after being “misguided by local militants and their accomplices.”
Actingswiftly to prevent them from choosing wrong path, he said, the Army’s 161 TA Battalion,Baramulla police and 53 BN CRPF apprehended them along the Line of Control(LOC) in Limber area of Boniyar on Friday.
Afterproper counselling, he said, the youth were handed over to their respectivefamilies.