Nidae KashmirSrinagar, Apr 14, KNT: Police this evening this that a YouTube channel based in Narwaw, Sheeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district had uploaded a video replicating/enacting a recent encounter which was further circulated on WhatsApp group created by some youths of Fatehgarh.
The incident received the quick attention of Baramulla Police and 46 Rashtriya Rifles, the youth involved were identified & caught within no time. The video was deleted immediately from YouTube handle ensuring timely containment of radical thoughts.
Police as per KNT said that during the investigation, it came to the light that the YouTube channel has been uploading videos on various social problems which include Drug Menace and other social problems. The subscribers of their channel were rising, and in the mad race for more subscriptions, they uploaded inappropriate content that could provoke radical ideas.
It was then decided to counsel the youth keeping in view their young age. Accordingly, the parents/guardians were called and were counseled by SSP Baramulla, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, and were advised to keep a check on the activities of their wards so that they do not fall prey to false propaganda.
The police have released the individuals considering it as an inadvertent act not amounting to sedition, however, has cleared its stand that such acts will not be tolerated and will be dealt with in accordance with the law. (KNT)
