Shopian: The four Shopian youths who were missing since November 24 from Delhi have been found there by the Delhi Police and handed over to their families on Friday evening, family sources told Kashmir Reader.
Arif Bilal, 16, his friend Sumair Ahmad Wani, a nursing student in a college at Jalandhar, truck driver Dawood, 24, and apple grower Yawar Ghulam, all residents of villages in Shopian district, had gone missing on November 24 from Delhi at the same time. Their family members said that their phones were switched off since noon that day.
Abdul Hameed Shah, father of Sumair, told Kashmir Reader that the families were informed by Delhi Police that their sons had been found, following which family members went to Delhi to take their custody.
Shah said that the Delhi Police have handed over the youths to their families. “After reaching Delhi yesterday we went to Jamia Masjid police station and the police there later informed us that our sons were at Janakpuri Delhi Police Special Cell,” he said, adding that on Friday they reached Janakpuri police station where the boys were handed over to their parents in the evening.
He said that the families were now looking for accommodation to stay the night before they return home on Saturday.
Fayaz Ahmad, cousin of Arif Bilal, told Kashmir Reader over phone from Delhi that the families were informed by police that their sons have been traced.
Arif and Sumair had travelled to Delhi on November 23 from Jalandhar and reached there on 24th morning. Dawood, the truck driver, along with Yawar had gone to Delhi in his truck to deliver apples at the Azadpur fruit mandi.
Earlier this month, two brothers from Kulgam had gone missing from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and they were later traced in Delhi by the Delhi Police.

Raashid Hassan