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| The 'missing' return home toKashmir |
| There is fresh hope in the Kashmir valley among families whose sons have gone missing for years.
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| INDIA
, 25-May-2007
0:57:0 AM |
| In the past couple of months, two men, who were believed to have been killed in fake encounters, have returned home.
Mohammad Anwar Bhat was declared dead after he went missing 18 years ago. He was one among thousands of those Kashmiri men who have gone missing. But, he returned home a few weeks ago.
The Bhat family could not believe their eyes when 35-year-old Anwar walked back into their lives.
A resident of Kralpora in Kupwara district, Anwar went missing in 1989. While his family gave him up for dead, Anwar had simply left home looking for a better life.
He had been working at a plastic shop in Delhi.
''I couldn't sleep when I thought of my family and friends. But in the morning, atrocities and the situation back home would be a grim reminder and I would get on with my daily work. Then I got married and got busy with the welfare of my children,'' he said.
Anwar's family had even received compensation from the government.
''We got Rs 1 lakh. I was given Rs 20,000, my two brothers got Rs 40,000 each,'' said Shahmlee, sister.
Two months ago Farooq Ahmad Dar of Lolab in Kuwara also returned home, years after being declared dead.
He went missing in 1991 when he was just 14. The Dar family suspected he was killed either by security forces or militants.
But he was in Mumbai working for a catering company.
''It was a miracle. He survived in such a violent situation. Only God saved him,'' said Jana, mother.
Now that these men have returned, the district administration says the families have to return the ex gratia money.
Thousands of people have gone missing in two decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
Many of them were allegedly picked up by security forces and never returned home.
The safe return of these two men has rekindled the hopes of many families.
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