NEW DELHI – Indian Chief of Defence Staff makes new stunning revelationsover military’s activities in Occupied Kashmir.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has revealed that‘de-radicalisation’ camps are operating in his country to counterradicalisation.
According to NDTV, the Indian CDS spoke about de-radicalisation campsoperating in India where Kashmiris who have been ‘radicalised’ can beisolated.
Speaking at a panel discussion at the Raisina Dialogue, a conclave ofglobal affairs being hosted in New Delhi, Gen Rawat maintained that thecamps are important for his country at this point in time.
“We can put an end to radicalisation if we target the right people. We haveto address the ideology of radicalisation,” he said.
The Indian CDS also shed light on young Kashmiris falling prey toradicalisation. He said that children as young as 10 years of age are beingbrainwashed and radicalised in Kashmir.
“These people can still be isolated from radicalisation in a gradual way.But there are others who have completely been radicalised,” he said.
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“These people need to be taken out separately, possibly taken into somede-radicalisation camps. We have de-radicalisation camps going on in ourcountry,” he stated.
He claimed that India’s nuclear-armed rival Pakistan, too, has such campsto counter the fallout of its own ‘propaganda’.
“Let me tell you, Pakistan is doing the same. They have understood,” hesaid.
This isn’t the first instance that the former Indian army chief has madeunsubstantiated claims against Pakistan. Last year, he claimed that AzadJammu and Kashmir was controlled by ‘terrorists’ at a time when the twocountries were on the brink of war.
India, the world’s largest democracy, has also come under scathingcriticism – by its own populace as well as the global community – over thepassage of a series of controversial laws.
