April 27
Two days after the killing of Local Militant, Burhan Ganie, a youth from Islamabad (anantnag) township in South Kashmir has posed with an Ak 47 suggesting that he has joined Militancy.
Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Faisal Nazir Mir son of Nazir Ahmed Mir, a resident of Nai Basti area in South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) District has joined the dreaded Militant outfit Jaish e Muhammad.
The joining of the youth comes two days after a local Militant, Burhan Ganie, an associate of Hizb ul Mujahideen was killed in an encounter with Government Forces in Bijbehara.
Locals from Nai Basti told The Kashmiriyat that Faisal had left home the last week after which he disappeared and today his photo has appeared on the social media with an AK 47 in his hand.
Amid a rise in Local Militancy, he is the fifth youth from this small township to have joined Militancy, the first one was Yawar Nisar Wagay, who was killed on 04 August 2017, 17 days after he joined Militancy.
The Police, however said that they are verifying the facts regarding the matter.
South Kashmir districts have witnessed a surge in youth joining the Militant ranks after the encounter of Burhan Wani on July 08, 2016.
Despite the Indian Army having launched ‘Operation All Out’ and intensifying the Anti Militancy operations, the local Militancy is on rise.
Militancy this year has seen a huge rise after the three encounter that were held on a single day on April 01 in South Kashmir ending with the death of 13 local Militants.
The Himalayan region has seen large number of youth picking up arms since an armed insurgency began against the Indian rule in 1988.
Since their partition both India and Pakistan have fought three wars claiming the region in its entirety.