January 31
Despite massive crackdown on militancy authorities in Kashmir are struggling to stop recruitment in ‘new age’ insurgency as seven youth who have gone missing since past fortnight are believed to have joined militants.
In a Story carried out by Citizen, they quoted Police Sources saying that seven youth, most of them students hailing from south Kashmir, and central Kashmir’s Budgam district, have been reported missing by their families.
The youth missing from Shopian have been identified as Shakir Ahmad Wagay, a resident of Awneera who is pursuing diploma in Computer Engineering at SSM College in north Kashmir and Naveed Hussian Tak, a civil engineering student and resident of Naina Batpora in Litter.
Officials said two youth missing from Pulwama districts have been identified as Imran Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Arihal village and Bilal Majeed, a resident of Narbal village in Kakpora who is an undergraduate arts student.
Three more youth identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar, from Dailgam in Islamabad (anantnag) district and two from Budgam district identified as Adil Ahmad Ganie and Azad Ahmad have been reported missing by the families, police said.
In past, youth who joined militancy used to post their pictures brandishing assault rifles on social media.
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But no such development has taken place in the case of the seven missing youth.
“It can be a change of strategy among militant groups to remain anonymous especially after their commanders were gunned down in encounters during the last three months,” a police source said.