Kashmir policeman who decamped with service rifles joins Hizbul

Srinagar May 22 (IANS) A police constable who decamped with four service rifles from Jammu and Kashmir s Budgam district has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen separatist group officials said on Monday.

A senior state intelligence officer said constable Syed Naveed Mushtaq who decamped with four service rifles from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) warehouse on Saturday has joined the militant outfit.

A native of Nazneenpora village in south Kashmir s Shopian district he had joined the state police force in 2012.

In a statement emailed to a local news agency Hizbul spokesman Burhan-ud-Din has welcomed the constable into the ranks of the militant outfit.

The statement also said that the Hizbul expected more local policemen to join the freedom struggle.

--IANS
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