If this trend continues, 2018 may end up as the worst year in terms of number of youths joining various terror groups, according to the officials.
As many as 20 more youths have joined the terrorist groups in the month of May which included Rouf from Ganderbal, a fourth-semester student pursuing a diploma course in government polytechnic, the officials said.
There has been a steady rise in the number of youth taking up arms in the Valley since 2014 onwards as compared to 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Authorities shut down schools and other educational institutions in north Kashmir as a precautionary measure for maintaining law and order.
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