Last week, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat made a pitch to start programmes aimed at counter-radicalisation of youth

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Monday advocated the need of deradicalisation centres in Kashmir and said that it will “definitely help those who have gone astray”.

“If any such facility (deradicalisation centre) comes up in Kashmir that will be a good sign, it should happen. It’ll definitely help people, especially those who have gone astray,” Singh said at a press conference here.

He said that such developments should be welcomed by everyone.”If some sensible kind of arrangement is made, where good people from the civil society and experts who deal with the subject and relevant aspects of religion and other things are put together, I think that will be a good development. That kind of thing should be welcomed,” Singh said.

Last week, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat made a pitch to start programmes aimed at counter-radicalisation of youth.