Srinagar, July 26 -- Army chief General Bipin Rawat Friday appealed to Kashmiri youth to shun guns and come back to the mainstream for a peaceful future.

Army chief General Bipin Rawat while laying wreath at Kargil War Memorial as part of celebration of 20 years of 'Operation Vijay' said that any local youth who picks up the gun is no longer innocent.

He said that army is trying hard to motivate families of these "misguided" youth to compel them to shun guns and come back to the mainstream.

"See, anybody who picks up the gun against the army. The gun and the man will be separated. The man will go to the grave and the gun will be with us. But this is not the end of everything. We are reaching out to the people to shun the gun and come ove...