"In the encounter, even security forces and police take cover of a bulletproof vehicle or a house. Youths coming to the encounter sites are committing suicide," Director General of Police SP Vaid told reporters here.
"A bullet does not whom it will hit. My appeal to all the young boys is that they should remain in their homes and not come to encounter sites. The youth must understand that they are being used by people for their short-term political gains," he said.
The DGP said the inimical elements were misusing social media to instigate the youths to hurl stones at security forces to help militants flee.
"The moment an encounter starts, they activate around 300 WhatsApp groups, each having more than 250 members, and other social networking websites like Facebook, instigating young boys to reach the encounter site and throw stones so that the terrorists escape from the spot," he said.
The J&K top cop said these WhatsApp groups and other social media accounts were being monitored and action will be taken against people operating them.
"Some of these accounts have been traced across (the border). It is an attempt by the enemies of India to create problems. All these numbers are being monitored and we will take action against those operating them from here," he said.
The DGP urged the people to think about the families of those who lost their lives during the incidents of stone-pelting recently.
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