India's Security agency operation against online radicalization.

India mein online radicalization ko counter karne ke liye kai institutional aur state-level efforts hain:

Central level:

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ke andar Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization (CTCR) Division kaam karta hai, jo policy banata hai aur online radicalization, terror financing waghera monitor karta hai.Ye division counter-terrorism aur counter-radicalization se judi policy formulation, coordination aur implementation dekhta hai, aur online radicalization ke saath saath terror financing bhi monitor karta hai. (Ministry of Home Affairs)

Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) bhi cyber-related radicalization content pe nazar rakhta hai.

NIA aur State Police online radicalization ke cases actively pursue karte hain — isse kaafi arrests, charge-sheets aur convictions hui hain, aur data-sharing ke liye NATGRID pe ek 'GANDIVA' tool bhi use ho raha hai. (Press Information Bureau)

State-level programs:

Maharashtra Model — isme selected candidate ke against koi criminal case register nahi hota aur poori confidentiality maintain ki jaati hai. (Vision IAS)

Kerala ka 'Operation Pigeon' — isne social media monitoring ke through IS, Indian Mujahideen aur LeT jaisi organizations ki propaganda se 350 youths ko radicalize hone se bachaya. (Shafaqna India)

Jammu & Kashmir mein 'Sahi Raasta' programme aur Army ka 'Operation Sadbhavana' bhi welfare aur reintegration pe focus karte hain.

Challenge: India ka approach abhi bhi kaafi had tak Saudi Arabia ya UK ke 'Prevent' model se inspired hai, apna khud ka koi dedicated national framework nahi hai, aur online/social-media wale aspect pe policy design mein abhi bhi gap dikhta hai. (ORF Online)

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Operation Pigeon mein directly "arrest" nahi hua tha — iska approach counselling aur prevention wala tha, arrest wala nahi.

Details:

Yeh operation 2015-2017 ke aas-paas start hua, jab 20+ Kerala youth Afghanistan mein IS join karne ke liye chale gaye the — isi incident ke baad security agencies alert ho gayin.

Kerala Police, National Investigation Agency (NIA) aur Intelligence Bureau (IB) ne milkar ek special task force banaya.

Social media scan karke un logon ki list banayi gayi jo ISIS ya doosre terror groups mein interest dikha rahe the — total 350 names list mein the, aur Pathanamthitta ko chhodkar baaki sabhi districts mein recruiters ke "footprints" mile the, jinhone in logon se preliminary contact bhi kiya tha. (Zee News)

Sabse zyada names Kannur (118) se the, phir Malappuram (89) aur Kasaragod (66). (Zee News)

Kerala ke intelligence chief BS Mohammed Yasin ke mutabik, yeh sab log apni twenties mein the aur kaafi engineering-medicine field ke students the. (Zee News)

Inn logon ko arrest nahi, balki counsel kiya gaya — matlab unhe samjha-bujha kar radicalization se door kiya gaya, kyunki koi criminal act abhi tak hua nahi tha, sirf risk identify hua tha.

Toh is operation ka focus tha "prevent karna, punish nahi" — jaise ki Maharashtra model mein bhi hota hai. Agar aap chahte hain toh main aapko bata sakta hoon ki is 350 mein se kitne successfully "de-radicalize" hue ya baad mein kya hua unka.

Jo information available hai usme Intelligence Bureau (IB) aur National Investigation Agency (NIA) ka naam clearly aata hai — inhone Kerala Police ke saath milkar special task force banaya tha.

RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) ka direct involvement kisi bhi report mein specifically mention nahi hua — aur waise bhi yeh thoda logical hai, kyunki:

RAW mainly external intelligence (foreign countries se related) dekhta hai

IB internal/domestic intelligence ka kaam karta hai

Operation Pigeon ek domestic operation tha (Kerala ke andar radicalization track karna), isliye IB ka involvement zyada natural hai

Agar in logon ka Syria/Afghanistan jaane ka connection track karna hota (foreign travel, overseas handlers), toh usme RAW bhi indirectly involved ho sakta hai, lekin public reports mein iska explicit zikr nahi milta — yeh area highly classified rehta hai, jaisa ki maine pehle bhi bataya tha ki India ke deradicalization programs "national security" ke naam pe kaafi restricted information ke saath chalte hain.

Public reports mein specific naam-se-naam tracking available nahi hai ki un 350 mein se koi baad mein kisi terror incident mein involved paya gaya ho. Jo details mili hain:

Reports ke mutabik, counselling ke baad zyada tar youth peeche hat gaye — unhe realize hua ki "ISIS join karne ka route utna aasan nahi hai jitna unhe bataya gaya tha."

Lekin around 30 log abhi bhi firm the apne iraade pe, aur police unhe engage karti rahi "without ruffling any feelings" — matlab unpe nazar rakhi gayi lekin directly confront nahi kiya gaya.

Uske baad in 30 logon ka kya hua — koi report public domain mein nahi hai. Yeh information classified/restricted hi rakhi gayi, jaisa ki maine pehle bataya tha ki India ke deradicalization programs mein transparency bohot kam hoti hai.

Ek important cheez note karne wali hai: Operation Pigeon 2015-17 ka tha, aur uske baad bhi Kerala mein terror-linked incidents hote rahe hain (jaise PFI se judi activities, ya recent Pahalgam attack mein bhi Kerala connection tha) — lekin inka direct link Operation Pigeon ki list se establish nahi hota kisi bhi open-source report mein.