Hope AMU student returns and join studies: Mehbooba

Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks to the media after the reopening of the state's winter capital at the Civil Secretariat in Jammu, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. India's Jammu-Kashmir state government functions from two capital cities, Jammu in winter and Srinagar in summer, a practice locally known as "durbar move" and started by Kashmir's ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1872.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today expressed hope that the AMU student who is said to have joined Hizbul Mujahideen would return home and continue his studies.

            The Chief Minister made the comments while announcing an amnesty scheme for the first-time stone pelters during the motion of thanks on the Governor’s address in the State Legislative Council.

            Mannan Bashir Wani, a resident of Kupwara district who was pursuing his PhD in applied geology from Aligarh Muslim University was last seen at the campus on January 2. A photograph purportedly depicting him wielding arms appeared on social media on January 6. (AGENCIES)