Missing Srinagar youth joined militant ranks

Tuesday, 23 June 2020Newsdesk

Police on Tuesday claimed that a youth from Srinagar, who went missing during a trekking expedition in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, has joined the militant ranks. "Yes. He has joined," Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar told reporters at the wreath-laying ceremony held for a CRPF jawan who was killed in an encounter with militants in Pulwama district earlier on Tuesday.

New Delhi, 23 June 2020

As per news report of PTI, Kumar was responding to a question whether the youth, Hilal Ahmad Dar, had joined the militant ranks. The IGP, however, refused to divulge more details about Dar's joining the militants. Dar had gone on a trekking expedition to Naranag in Ganderbal district along with his friends on June 13 and has been reported missing since then.

Source -ptinews.com