3 youths from Sopore have Joined Lashker Taiba. At least three youths including a post graduate student who had gone missing from Sopore town last month have joined in the ranks of Mujahideen, says Police. On May 14, this year, they Police has said that they(ponda) received information that at least three youth in the age group of 20 to 23 have gone missing from the Sopore town. “We accordingly called their family members for clarification and they admitted that all 3 boys are missing,” a top police official said on condition of anonymity to media today. Sources said that two youth hail from village Brathkalan Sopore and one is from Duroo Sopore village, which is the native place of Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Well placed sources in Counter Intelligence Unit identified the 3 youth as Sameer Ahmad Wani from Duroo, Reyaz Ahmad Mir and Adil Ahmad Mir both residents of Brath Kalan Sopore. Adil was pursuing Masters Degree in Economics from Barkatullah University Bhopal and as per reports, he was supposed to join his classes on May 25 which he did not. “We have inputs that two of them are roaming in Kupwara forests with Lashkar-e-Toiba cadres who are mostly non-locals. It is not easy to locate all of them at this time, police official told media.he said. Another boy Sameer Ahmed was already in touch with mujahideens from 2007 and he was also associated with ‘Tableegi Jammat’ and is aware about the terrains of frontier district Kupwor,” the official said adding that they have apprehensions that Sameer could persuade more youth to join in the blessed ranks of Mujahideens.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:28:43 +0000