Thiruvananthapuram sources have stated that almost a year after 21 ISIS sympathizers from Kerala left the country to join the terror group in Afghanistan, around 350 youth are now being de-radicalized in the state and the state Intelligence Chief Muhammad Yasin told that a special de-radicalization drive has been focusing on 350 people and their families.
Meanwhile Additional Director General of Police Yasin said that "Most of these youths are from northern Kerala and are well educated and innocent. They get attracted to unsuspecting WhatsApp messages and social media groups, from where the radicalization begins gradually".
Most of the people being de-radicalized are in
their twenties and thirties. Moreover on being asked about the modus operandi
of identifying the target group for the de-radicalization drive, ADGP Ysain
said, "We are still undertaking the drive and focusing on nipping this in
the bud. Since it is an ongoing process even now, we cannot disclose more than
that.
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