Security forces on Saturday rescued 12 boys who were allegedly picked up by a Lashkar-e-Taiba shadow outfit and were being “forcibly” trained in handling weapons and explosives at a militant camp in Rajouri district.
Acting on complaints that boys in the age group of 15-20 years had gone missing from villages in Kathua, Doda, Udhampur and Ramban districts, an Army team searched a place of worship at Barak-Chakoti in Rajouri and rescued them, officials said here. They said members of the Dawat-ul-Tabligue had “forcibly recruited” the boys and was training them in Thanamandi-Manjakote area of the district. A hunt was on for the DuL men who fled. |