Five more youth from South Kashmir have joined Militancy in the present month, Sources told The Kashmiriyat.
On Social media, the photographs of these five young Kashmiri boys have been doing rounds, amid the massive crackdown launched against Militancy in Kashmir valley.
Photographs on Social media have identified the youth as Asif Ahmed Lone, Zubair Ahmed Negroo, Shakoor Ahmed Parray, Sajad Ahmed Malla, and Mehraju u Din Lone, most of them have joined Militancy in the month of July.
Asif Ahmed Lone son of Ghulam MOhammed Lone is a resident of Turkwangam in Shopian, his father served in the Indian Army.
Mehraj u Din, Son of Bashir Ahmed Lone, is a resident of Arigam in Pulwama while Zubair Ahmed Negroo son of Gulzar Ahmed Negroo is a resident of Alura Shopian.
Shakoor Ahmed Parray son of Mohammed Sadiq Parray is a resident of Kumdaan Shopian and Sajad Ahmed Malla, is a resident of Maldeera area in Shopian.
A Police official upon being contacted by The Kashmiriyat verified that some of the families had filed missing reports with the Jammu Kashmir Police.
The Inspector General of Police had recently announced that South Kashmir will be soon freed of Militancy and their focus will shit towards the North, however more Missing reports are coming from South Kashmir.
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.
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.