Watch: Kashmiri Ph.D student joined Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, family appeals to return home

Scholar who joined Hizb in mourning, urges him to return Family of Mannan Wani, a PhD scholar of AMU who announced his joining the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant organization, are in mourning and demanded him to return back home. He has taken this decision himself and without consulting me. He knows and understands how much he has pained his ‘papa’ and saddened his mammy; how much he has upset his lone sister, Bashir Ahmad Wani, father of the 26 year old told reporters at his residence at Takipora village in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. Wani's mother urged Mannan to come back. “I would not let him to study more. I don’t want his degree or employment. We will live in penury. Kindly get him back,” she said as broke down. Meanwhile police was trying to ascertain how the student left his studies to join the militant group, the officer had said www.valleyonline.in