Picture Of 14-Yr-Old Missing Hajin Youth Holding AK-47 Goes Viral

Bandipora: Gun-wielding picture of a 14-year-old youth from Hajin town in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district has surfaced on the internet ahead of Panchayat polls to be held on Wednesday.

The youth identified as Mudasir Rashid Parray, 14, of Khankah Mohalla, an 11th standard student had gone missing along with another 16-year-old boy Bilal from his home since August 31, after an encounter took place at Parray Mohalla in which three Lashkar militants were killed.

Despite repeated and emotional appeals by his family, which also went viral on social media, asking him to return home have now proven futile.

On Wednesday, Mudasir’s picture surfaced on the internet in which he is seen holding an AK-47 assault rifle.

Police sources believe that both the youth have joined militant ranks, though the outfit wasn’t known yet. (KR)