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This publication notes that punitive measures have been integral to India’s approach towards those who joined the Islamic State. However, the country has adopted a softer approach towards individuals who have merely aspired to join the Islamic State, or who have been ‘misled’ into joining. But is such a policy adequate in dealing with returnees and preventing vulnerable individuals from being recruited by radical Islamist groups? The text’s author responds by reviewing India’s existing approaches to address radicalization, before making the case for a robust national counter-radicalization policy that may factor in the need to use the services of those who once were part of terror movements.