A Kashmiri youth studying in a university in the national capital region of Ghaziabad is suspected to have joined the terrorist group, Independent State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK).
The Kashmiri youth, identified as Ehatsham Bilal Sofi, a first year student of business management at Sharda University in Noida, went missing a few days back and everyone thought he had gone to his native place Pulwama in Kashmir.
But when his photo came in the social media showing Ehatsham posing with an AK-47 and ISJK flag in the background, the security personnel in UP and Kashmir went into tizzy.
The youth also released a video in which he is heard saying that he has joined the ISJK.
But the Uttar Pradesh police did not confirm whether the youth had joined the ISJK outfit or not.
Director General of Police OP Singh said here on Saturday that they had information about the photos of the youth, around 19 years old, that was circulated in the social media but were investigating the matter along with the Jammu and Kashmir police.
He said the youth, Ehatsham, had a fight with some Afghanistan students last Saturday in the hostel and thereafter he was found missing.
The DGP said that he was not certifying that the youth had turned terrorist yet.
“We have got the CCTV footage of Srinagar airport where he reached from New Delhi on Sunday but thereafter he went missing,” Singh said, while disclosing that the youth had informed his parents that he was in the hostel when in reality he was in Srinagar.
“The security personnel had found his mobile phone working till Sunday after he boarded a flight to Srinagar from Delhi. The family of Ehatsham also lodged an FIR with Knowledge Park police in Noida,” another police officer said.
The security agencies in UP and Kashmir are investigating the matter.