This refers to the editorial, “Battle against terror” (December 15). The conviction of five Indian Mujahideen members, including its co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, by a special court, for the Hyderabad blasts, is a tribute to the perseverance, dedication and skill of the National Investigation Agency. Many youngsters in the country are drawn towards terror by compulsion. Family environment and peer pressure force them into terrorism.
Knowing it well that their decision is fraught with danger, youngsters get hooked to terror. much to the glee of terror groups like the Islamic State. By the time the youth decipher that everything is not hunky-dory, and things have gone horribly wrong, they already reach a point of no return.
What can be done is to bring to book various terror architects hiding in the country. Also, there is need to keep a watchful eye on the ‘terror intellects’, disguising as sophisticated preachers, who can do much damage to India's social and religious fabric.