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Kashmiri Youth – I: How low can it get?

by | May 10, 2010 | Blog

Romance with the gun has burdened the society with more ills than anyone can fathom

Pressure of studies forces six boys to plan crossing LoC

Baramulla: It was the pressure of studies that forced six students of Islamia Model School and Government High School, Palhalan, in the Pattan area in Baramulla district to plan crossing the Line of Control (LoC) to take up arms training.

The police last night arrested the students in the age group 12-14 from Rigpora village, near the LoC, in Kupwara district. “Our teachers used to beat us and we were under a lot of pressure from them and our parents.So, to take revenge from the teachers, we planned to cross the LoC and take up arms training,” said Abdul Rashid, a student of the seventh standard.

He,along with, Umar Sultan, Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat, Mohammad Saleem Sheikh, Shqriq Ahmad Mir and Ishtiaq Ahmad Tantray were today handed over to their parents by the police. “While playing cricket, we decided to cross the LoC to take arms training and then join jihad in Kashmir,” said Umar Sultan, another student.

Their parents said they had ‘no idea their children would think of taking such a step’ as they wanted them to study.

“We used to ask them to study.We had no idea they would take such a step. We are thankful to the police for bringing them back to us,” said one of the parents.

“We got a call from a maulvi of a local mosque in Kupwara where the students were staying.He informed us that the boys were planning to cross the LoC”, DIG, North Kashmir Range, AQ Manhas said.He said the police arrested the six after they were coming out of the mosque after offering prayers last evening.

“During questioning, they admitted they had come to the border village to cross the LoC to take up arms training,” Manhas said. “ On their identification, we took into custody two more boys who were also planning to cross the LoC”, Manhas said.