Surrender will ensure safety, rehabilitation: Top officials

SRINAGAR: Top security officials in Kashmir today appealed the youth who have joined militancy to shun the path of violence, assuring them that a surrender will ensure a safe passage and full support for rehabilitation.

The appeals were made by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone Munir Khan, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Victor Force Major General B S Raju and Inspector General Operations CRPF Zulfiqar Hassan at a joint press conference at Police Control Room here.

“Any militant whom we arrest or who surrenders, if he is not involved in heinous offences or heinous crimes, we are supposed to rehabilitate him and help him join the mainstream”, he said, adding that the Government is very keen to rehabilitate the local youth who shun militancy. (AGENCIES)