800 Minors lodged in Kashmir’s juvenile home in last 6 Years Archives

At least 800 minors were lodged in Kashmir’s lone Juvenile Home here in the past six years, officials said on Friday. Director of J&K’s Social Welfare Department, Hashmat Ali, admitted that ever since the Juvenile Home was set-up in 2011, at least 800 minor offenders including ‘those in conflict with law’ (stone-pelters) were lodged there. “The irony in Kashmir is that we keep a very pessimistic view of everything and that’s a tragedy. The Juvenile Home in Harwan was ranked one among best in India by a team of experts…