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| Youth in Kashmir against 'status quo' | | J&K Police report on terrorism in state | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 8: J&K Police's "confidential report" on terrorism in J&K is out in public domain. One doesn't know who leaked it to a Delhi-based leading English language national daily. What who leaked the report is not that important. It is for the J&K Police to look into the whole issue. What is important is what the 74-page confidential report - based on a detailed study conducted by the J&K Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) - has said. The report has reportedly profiled local youths in the Valley who have become militants.
Titled as "Radicalization and Terrorism in J&K - A Study", the CID reportedly said that the "aim of the study was to gauge the existence and extent of radicalization in the youth of Kashmir". The report is based on the study of "156 local youths of the Valley who have joined militancy between 2010 and 2015". The findings of the study are based on the CID's "extensive intelligence database, along with detailed interviews of family members, fiends, neighbours, acquaintances" and the study was conducted by a group of "field officers".
According to one report, the CID's confidential report has debunked the traditional understanding of Kashmir's militancy and sought a rethink. "One noticeable outcome of this study is that this wave of fresh recruitments is not based or driven by ideology as the surge is only seen in South Kashmir and there too in identifiable areas. If it would have been ideology driven, then pan-Kashmir footprints would have been seen,'' says the confidential report.
The confidential report has also traced the life cycle of a local militant in four stages. "The first stage is where the youngster feels 'disillusionment with the status quo, lack of opportunity and no space for dissent'. In the next stage, he 'turns to religion in search of solace, tries to be with like-minded people and distances from family'. The third stage is when he 'feels the need and responsibility to change the status quo, even with force, contacts militant groups and joins'. The final stage, the report says, is the 'vicious circle' when he (the militant) 'gets killed, is turned into a martyr by stakeholders, becomes a hero for other disillusioned youth', completing the circle," the confidential report has said.
The report says that "this study was done in the background of certain perceptions and notions" and that "on analysis, we may conclude that not all of those perceptions/notions are true". "For example, the perception that well-educated youth and from economically affluent families are joining militancy does not seem true. Quite interestingly and contrary to the set beliefs, he is not the product of madrasas. Majority of these militants are government school read, negating the general perception that madrasas are beds of radicalization," the report has said
The report has further said: "Although it is often believed that a militant is a victim of state action, or simply placed, a youth is forced to join militancy by the state actions. Only in the 20 per cent of the cases, it emerged that they (militant recruits) had been previously allegedly harassed by security forces. Opting for guns 'is a youth phenomena' and youngsters 'join militancy because of thrill seeker attitude'. 'Most militants are between their mid-teens and mid-twenties. This is (because) the period of youthful identity formation is when individuals are most vulnerable to the attractions of networks that offer both social solidarity and a clear narrative to explain what is going on in the world". |
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