Srinagar, April 14: The Anantnag police conducted a counselling session for the youths of Achabal/Badooda area who were ‘instigated and misguided’ by some ‘unscrupulous elements’ to pelt stones on the Security Forces in the area, a press release issued here by the police claimed.
The counselling session was organised on the directions of the SSP Anantnag Altaf Ahmad Khan and was chaired by SDPO Achabal Tanveer Ahmad accompanied by SHO Police Station Achabal Javeed Ahmad, the press release added.
Stating that the session was attended by the youths along with their parents at Police Station Achabal, the press release said that Anantnag Police had taken a ‘sympathetic, kind and humane consideration of the matter and conducted a thorough counselling of the young boys during which they were made aware of their capabilities and potentialities and also the ways to channelize their talent so that they can become productive for their parents as well as for the society’. “The young boys as well as their parents were assured full support of the Anantnag police in facilitating their studies, tuition, sports activities as well as monetary assistance to the needy,” the press release added.
Police claimed that after counselling the young boys and their parents had felt ‘confident and relaxed’. “The parents and general public of the Achabal, Badooda area thanked the Anantnag Police for orgainsing the counseling session. However the instigators of these young boys have also been identified against whom strict action will be taken,” the press release concluded.
