A whopping 6,500 youth from Jammu and Kashmir showed up in a recruitment drive held for the Territorial Army Battalion in Srinagar. The Army organized a four-day drive to shortlist candidates for 162 infantry battalion. Among the youth turned up for screening in the physical, the army has shortlisted 550 youths.
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In the next round, the shortlisted candidates will have to appear for a written examination. Once the merit list is done, the selected candidates will be inducted into 162 Territorial Army. According to a report, many of these young men came from remote areas of Kashmir like Anantnag, Pulwama, and Shopian.
