Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Mar 6: The government on Tuesday said that efforts were underway to trace out MBBS student from Kupwara who was missing in Odisha for nearly a month.
Suhail Aijaz, a resident of Marsari, Chowkibal, Kupwara, pursuing MBBS since 2016 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, went missing on Feb 9 two days after his parents transferred some money in his account on his asking.
On Monday, posters surfaced in Baramunda Bus stand in Odisha state purportedly by Maoists with the claim that Suhail was in their custody and would be released in lieu of their leader.
The Maoists as per the poster threatened to kill Suhail after a week, in case their leader was not released in a stipulated time.
Soon JK Police, as well as their counterparts in Odisha, contested the veracity of the posters stating that the Maoists may claim through media, not through posters.
Meanwhile Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kupwara, Shamsheer Hussian told early Times over the phone that, they were in touch with Odhisa police, and had sought their help in tracing out the missing youth.
"DGP of Odisha had called in a high level meeting of top police officials where in the matter was discussed and we have been assured that they will find the missing youth at the earliest", said SSP.
However, the worried parents of Suhail have gone tizzy and have urged the authorities not to take the threat lightly and make tangible efforts to trace out their son.
Father of Suhail, Aijaz Ahmad Khataria told Srinagar-based news agency that the state government has so far failed to show any promptness in tracing out his son.
He said that seriousness of the state government can be gauged from the fact that the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has spoken about Suhail "just once, that too on social media, on Tuesday, when already a month had elapsed".
"We have seen that real efforts are lacking not only in the state but also by the government of Odisha. When our government has failed us, what expectations can we have from Odisha administration," Aijaz said.
However Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Rehman Veeri said that JK police has already taken up the issue with their counterparts in Odisha and efforts were underway to trace out the missing boy. |
