Shocking! MBA graduate Haroon Abbas Wani joins Hizbul in JK; parents, relatives appeal to come back

Srinagar, September 4: Haroon Abbas Wani, a 29-year-old man with a master's degree and a son of a state government engineer hailing from Doda district of Jammu division has joined terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. 

Notably, Haroon went missing from his home during the last week and joined Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist outfit in South Kashmir. Recently, pictures of Haroon, in combat fatigue holding an AK -47 rifle, surfaced on the social media which confirmed of him joining terror outfit. The social media posts claimed Haroon had joined the ranks of Hizbul Mujahideen on September 1, 2018.

As soon as pictures of Haroon surfaced on social media, his parents and brothers made a passionate and emotional appeal to him to return home soon when local media persons visited their home. His step-mother Nusrat Begum said, "We want he should come back home to see his parents and sisters, we are really surprised that he has taken this step by leaving the family in distress. The real Jihad is to look after the parents in old age,"

After completing his management degree Haroon had joined a Pharma company and was posted in Jammu. The family had no idea how Haroon came in touch with the terrorist outfit and how they managed to convince him to join a terror group.

According to official sources, the total strength of local terrorists active in Kashmir valley has now crossed 200 mark. At present more than 300 terrorists are active in Kashmir valley, official sources claimed adding 211 are locals and 116 are foreign nationals.

Local terrorists are active in South Kashmir districts while a majority of foreign nationals are active in North Kashmir districts. Out of the three terrorist outfits active in Kashmir valley Lashkar-e- Toiba has the maximum number of active terrorists followed by Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e- Mohammad.