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ATS raid: Wards of arrested football coach to get psychiatric counsel
Updated On: 25 January, 2019 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Anamika Gharat
Mumbra local leaders step in, involve psychiatrists to gauge if those who trained under Salman Khan were doctrinated in radical Islam; will also spread awareness among parents of youngsters

Mumbra residents will be conducting awareness programmes to educate local youths and more importantly, their families about radical elements among them. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
Did arrested terror suspect Salman Khan dribble a dose of terror propaganda while teaching Mumbra children footy? That is the question troubling parents who sent their kids to him for football training. To counter any fear of their children being influenced by a wayward ideology, local social workers will be going door to door, and taking the help of psychiatrists to spread awareness about radicalisation and help any child if they have been led astray.
Khan, who was a football coach in Mumbra, was among the nine suspects arrested by the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on the suspicion of planning a terror attack. He was quite famous in the area, so much so that the football champion's arrest had residents shocked and in disbelief. However, following the arrest, some locals feel he might have influenced youngsters or tried to indoctrinate them to follow the ideologies of terror outfits under the pretext of teaching them soccer.
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