Mother's love prevailed to get Majid back home: Mehbooba Mufti

November 17, 2017 19:34

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said "mother's love prevailed" to get college student and footballer Majid Arshid Khan, who had joined the Lashkar-e-Tayiba a week ago, "back home".

Arshid walked into a security camp in south Kashmir last night and surrendered with his arms and ammunition, officials said in Srinagar.

He was whisked away to an undisclosed destination early this morning. The college student, a goalkeeper for his local team in Anantnag in south Kashmir, is believed to have turned to militancy after a close friend was killed in an encounter.

"A mothers love prevailed. Her impassioned appeal helped in getting Majid, an aspiring footballer back home. Every time a youngster resorts to violence, it is his family which suffers the most (sic)," Mufti said in a post on Twitter.

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