Men students don’t just pelt stones but vandalize police vans as well. In the past year or so, at least 100 young men have joined the ranks of the militants in the Kashmir Valley, after the death of Wani. Most of them are from the South Kashmir districts of Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama. “The worrying trend is that educated youth, some of them professionals, have taken up militancy since July last year,” said a police official.