Srinagar: A youth, who had gone missing from Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, four days ago, has reportedly joined militancy as an audio clip of him appealing the family not to trace him, has gone viral on social media.
The youth identified as Aadil Rashid Bhat, son of Abdul Rashid Bhat of Charsoo Batpora village of Awantipora, was student Bachelor in Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS).
Altaf Ahmad, brother of Adil told a local news agency KNO that on Tuesday afternoon after having lunch, Adil offered Zuhr prayers with him and since then he didn’t return home.
“We contacted all our relatives, his friends and other people but nobody has any clue about him,” he said, adding that after failing to trace him, they lodged a missing report at Police Station Awantipora.
“Since then, we have been searching him everywhere but so far we haven’t got any clue about him,” he said while requesting everyone to kindly allow his brother to return home if he is with anyone.
Adil, according to his brother, was never arrested before and hasn’t taken part in any street protest.
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