Abstract

India is a developing country whose future depends completely upon the children and youth. Involvement of children in terrorist and violent activities may bring serious threat to the safety, security and development of the country. This report discusses the reasons why children are preferred to be recruited in the extremist’s groups, why children themselves get recruited, and various methods of recruiting children that are used by the extremists. The article also provides for some preventive measures that can be useful in combating with the terrorist and violent extremist groups. Safety of the children is must and State should do everything possible to bring children on right path and pave way to their bright future. A child with education, manner and values will make India a developed and prosperous India and therefore for the betterment of the future of the country each child should have these qualities within and the first step in this is to educate children. When children get education, they know the difference between right and wrong and then they cannot get influenced by extremists and get involved in these illicit activities.

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