{EOP}"Paranoid Indian police claim Facebook activists in occupied Kashmir are "ISI agents"

Srinagar: If the reports appearing in a section of the media are true, (occupied) Kashmir youth who are using their accounts on social networking group ‘Facebook’ are in serious trouble. Police, according to the report, prominently carried by some Jammu bases dailies, have declared them as “ISI agents”, who pass information to the militants’ about the latest happenings in the valley.

A “massive hunt” has been launched by the police to apprehend the otherwise tech savvies who are using their Facebook accounts for interacting with people across the globe.

“Carrying laptops, a whole lot of clean shaved and well-dressed youth use the Facebook to inform the militants about the situation in Kashmir”, the report alleged.

Quoting sources the reports said that police have launched a massive manhunt to nab these youth who "are handsomely paid by the ISI". The youth have been accused of promoting 'militancy' by providing vital information to the militants on the social networking website Facebook.

The group, sources alleged, is busy in widening its network. "At places like Shopian, Anantnag, Kulgam and Pulwama the group is approaching local youth, mostly students to cause breach of peace and public order", they said.

It may be mentioned here that police and other security agencies have been critical of the Kashmir Facebook users since last year's agitation. Even the army has resented use of the networking website.

In February the army took strong exception to the use of social networking websites by Kashmiri youth who, according to the Corps Commander of 15 Corps indulge in “anti-national activities and incite violence”.

The Corps Commander, Lt General SA Hasnain while addressing a function in South Kashmir on February 2 said that Facebook and Twitter users in particular were maligning the image of the security forces operating in very difficult conditions in (occupied) Jammu & Kashmir. The Commander said most of the users were persons who wanted Kashmir to remain on boil all time for their vested interests. "They do not want peace to return to the state", he said.

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