Srinagar, Jan. 15 -- ONCE thought as a leading light of 'opinionated police'-who wanted media to correct its Kashmir branding-former Director General of Police, SP Vaid is currently using words as his weapon.

He lately threw his weight behind his parent department's "fake encounter" fact-finding, demanding that the culprits who killed the three innocent boys at Amshipora should be charged with murder.

After hanging up his boots, the tech-savvy ex-cop who presided over an intense anti-militancy campaign in Kashmir is now wondering about the unabated recruitment in the post-abrogated political landscape.

While calling for a study and societal participation to stop boys for heading woods, Vaid in a chat with Kashmir Observer talks about t...