NEW DELHI: The juvenile convicted in the Nirbhaya gang rape case and lodged at a juvenile welfare home here has been put through professional counselling in the wake of his alleged indoctrination into jihadi ideology by a fellow inmate arrested in the Delhi high court blast case. The de-radicalization effort comes just ahead of his scheduled release on December 15.The juvenile, who was 17-and-a-half-year-old when he joined his friends to fatally rape Nirbhaya in a moving bus in December 2012, shared his cell at the Juvenile Welfare Home at Majnuka Tila with the Delhi HC blast accused, a juvenile Kashmiri militant from Kishtwar, for nearly 7-8 months. During this time, taking advantage of their proximity, the Kashmiri inmate brainwashed and motivated the Nirbhaya case convict to join jihad in Kashmir after his release from the juvenilehome.An inquiry was undertaken by the intelligence agencies after BJP leader Subramanian Swamy wrote to PM Narendra Modi on July 17, pointing out how he had learnt from police sources that the Nirbhaya convict had become an “Islamic fundamentalist/jihadiwhile at the(juvenilewelfare) centre”.The inquiry report named three officers who were supervising the home at the time of the alleged indoctrination. It recommended separation of the duo and counselling of the Nirbhaya case convict, who is scared to return to his village after release as he fears for his life, to prevent him from joining militant ranks.The duohas since been separated and the juvenile rape convict put through counselling. Meanwhile, the home ministry has alsosoughtexamination of the matter as to how the Nirbhaya case convict was transferred to the juvenile home at Majnu ka Tila, and lodgedin thesamecell asthejuvenileKashmiri militant.