Hilal Ahmad Dar, who went for a trek to Narang in Ganderbal district in central Kashmir on June 14, has reportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen.
Inspector General Vijay Kumar of Jammu and Kashmir Police while addressing the media confirmed that the Ph.D scholar from Srinagar has joined the terrorist outfit.
The IG had taken part in a wreath laying ceremony of a CRPF jawan who sacrificed his life in a gunfight in Pulwama. One of the reporters asked IG for an update on Hilal to which he replied, “He joined Hizbul Mujahideen.”
Hilal had gone on the trek with four of his friends on June 14. All of them returned on the same evening except Hilal.
On June 22, Hilal’s family members protested in Srinagar urging the police to locate him. They told that he was an orphan and lost his parents when he was 10.