Greater Kashmir
SYED AMJAD SHAH
Jammu, May 23: With police failing to trace the Kashmiri student who went missing here on May 14, the family has sought the chief minister, Omar Abdullah’s intervention.
An MBBS student at the Acharya Shri Chandra Medical College here, Syed Zuhaib Rizvi from Nabdipora area of Hawal in Srinagar, was initially reported to have jumped into the Mansar Lake on May 14 after police found his wallet near its banks.
Since then, the police and army had launched a hunt to recover the body, but have so far been unsuccessful.
The family has now sought Omar Abdullah’s intervention. “We want the chief minister and director general of police to intervene in the matter and let us know about the fate of our child,” said the family members of Zuhaib.
Zuhaib’s mother and sister have demanded a through investigation into the matter. “He (Zuhaib) is an intelligent boy. We know him better than anybody else. And we are sure that he won’t take any extreme step so far has his life is concerned. We want the CM and DGP to personally intervene in the matter and tell us about his whereabouts,” they said.
They said police was “reluctant” to lodge an FIR in the case.
Sources said a missing report was filed in Sidhra Police Post following college principal’s letter to the police. They said Zuhaib’s inmates had informed the college warden that he was missing.
A senior police officer said they had launched a massive hunt to trace Zuhaib. “For the past five days, we are carrying out under-water search in the Mansar lake to locate the body. But we are yet to recover it,” the officer, pleading anonymity, said.
When contacted, the deputy inspector general of police, Jammu-Kathua range, Farooq Khan and inspector general of police (Jammu) didn’t respond to repeated calls from Greater Kashmir.
Pertinently the DIG is supervising the investigation in the case.
The boy has lost his father Syed Nisar Rizvi in a tragic incident 11 years ago.
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