Kashmir footballer-turned-militant surrenders

November 17, 2017 11:19

Majid Khan, who joined the Lashkar-e-Tayiba last week, has surrendered before security forces in Kashmir.

The family says Majid suddenly disappeared last Thursday. Days later, a photograph surfaced on Whatsapp showing him posing with an assault rifle.

Majid, a second-year under-graduate commerce student at the government degree college Anantnag, was the LeTs latest recruit in the Valley.

He is a renowned footballer of the town and had passed class 10 and 12 board examinations with high scores.

Many believe the death of his close friend Yawar Nisar was a turning point in Majids life.

Nisar had joined the militants in July this year and was killed in a gun battle with security forces barely a month later.

Police had described Nisar as an over-ground worker and stone-pelter before joining active militancy.

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