SRINAGAR: J&K police on Tuesday said a 26-year-old man from Srinagar Hilal Ahmad Dar who had dodged his friends during a trekking expedition on June 13 and went “missing”, has joined the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, reports
Saleem Pandit. IG (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar said, “Hilal Dar has joined
Hizbul Mujahideen outfit” and added that police will not arrest him if the family brings him back.
An MBA from Kashmir University, Hilal was working with a private company in Gurgaon and had returned to Srinagar in March after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the nation. On June 13, he went on a trekking trip with five of his friends. Hilal told them he needed rest and asked them to proceed. “Our son is innocent. He has no terrorist connection,”
Nisar Ahmed, Hilal’s uncle told reporters. “Check his phone records of 20 years. He has nothing offensive against him.”