NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has asked the home ministry to check the”disturbing” trend of local youths in Jammu and Kashmir joining militancy,PTI has reported.

The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, headed by seniorCongress leader P Chidambaram, also observed that there is a “sinister andcomplex connection” between the simultaneous rise in stone-peltingincidents and suicide attacks on the establishments of security forces.

The committee, in its report submitted to Parliament, said it was aware ofthe disturbing trend of recruiting and training of local youths by themilitants in the light of the numerous attempts foiled by the securityforces.

“There has been a rise in the number of law and order incidents,particularly incidents of stone pelting which seems to have become aregular feature in some parts of Kashmir.

Numerous incidents of picketing of police stations and snatching of riflesfrom police and paramilitary personnel point towards local sourcing ofarms,” it said.

The panel said while the law and order incidents have kept the securityforces busy, the militants, meanwhile, have found time to reorganisethemselves and perpetrate terrorist attacks on the forces.