131 Youth Have Joined Militancy till July 31, Zakir Musa Gaining ground in Kashmir
August 26
Nearly 130 Youths from Jammu Kashmir have been recruited into Militancy this year, the highest since 2010, officials said here.
According to figures available to The Kashmiriyat till July 31, nearly 131 youths have joined various Militant outfits with South Kashmir's Shopian district contributing the maximum of 35 so far.
The number of local recruits in 2017 was 126, this despite at least 220 Militants being killed the last year.
As per a report, many youngsters are joining the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group which claims support of Al-Qaeda and is headed by Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Musa, who is an engineer from Noorpora in the Tral area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The report further reads that, The acceptance for this group is steadily increasing among loca...