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Raman, a senior IPS officer newly posted as D.G. of a state, faces grave concern: recruitment of unemployed youth by an unknown terrorist group. Unemployment is high, worse among graduates, making them vulnerable soft targets. A review with DIG-range officers reveals a new global terrorist group massively recruiting unemployed youth, especially from a particular community, for militant activities, spreading tentacles in his state. State CID and Cyber Cell tip: many unemployed youth already contacted via social media, local communal organisations and contacts — swift action needed. Cyber Cell inquiries: many unemployed youth spend 6-8 hours daily on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, sympathizing with and endorsing messages from alleged group contacts, forwarding anti-national tweets on WhatsApp/Facebook, propagating secessionist ideology, hyper-critical of government initiatives, subscribing to extremism. (a) What options are available to Raman? (b) What measures would strengthen the existing set-up against such penetration? (c) What action plan would enhance the police's intelligence-gathering mechanism?