Kunan Poshpora youth was picked up for questioning: Polic

He fled while on way to a hide-out; probing in which circumstance he gave slip, in touch with his family: SSP Kupwara Yougal Manhas

Kupwara, Dec 22 (KNO): Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kupwara Yougal Manhas Thursday said that a youth Abdul Rashid Dar of Kunan Poshpora was picked up for questioning in connection with a militancy case and he managed to give a slip to forces while on way to a hideout.

Talking to reporters as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the SSP Kupwara said that the youth Abdul Rashid Dar son of Muhammed Sidique Dar of Kunan Poshpora, was picked up for questioning related to a militancy case.

“On his revelation about the hideout, he gave a slip to the forces. We are investigating in which circumstances he managed to flee. We are in touch with his family also,” he said.

Notably, Dar’s family had protested in Srinagar’s press enclave on Wednesday, alleging that their kin had ‘disappeared’ after he was taken in custody by the army.

The family members requested Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha-led administration and the police—(KNO)