Majid Jahangir
Fayaz Ahmed Trag went missing fourteen years ago. His family at Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district has given up hope of his return, they now have one single wish: to know where his grave is.
But this story is different. Trag's family has no expectation from police or the Army or the security forces. They have been knocking at doors of militant groups and separatist leaders in the Valley.
The difference is Trag was not a civilian. He was a militant. He had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in 1991 to get arms training. He returned to the Valley in early 1993. "Trag was a militant, but once he returned he was not actively involved in any act of violence," a relative of Trag said.
Twenty-five year old Fayaz Ahmed Trag, a resident at Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district went missing in 1993. The family says he was picked up by a rival group from a village in Tral and since then there is no news of him. "Soon after he was picked up we met many militant leaders in south Kashmir and they assured us that he will be released," the relative said.
Even this family faced a similar disappointed. The promises were never kept.
"We even met separatists leaders in Srinagar, but they too didn't do any thing," he went on to say.
Trag was married when he crossed the LoC. He had one daughter and a son.
"After he went missing his family was looked after by his father and elder brother," Khursheed, a neighbour who has been following his case said.
Trag's kids are now studying in college and the two like other family members have given up the hope of their father's return. "We don't believe that Trag is alive. But every one among us including his two kids want to know if Trag is dead where is he buried? " asks his relative Fayaz.
The family has not filed any case in the local police station about his disappearance.
Fayaz Ahmed Trag went missing fourteen years ago. His family at Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district has given up hope of his return, they now have one single wish: to know where his grave is.
But this story is different. Trag's family has no expectation from police or the Army or the security forces. They have been knocking at doors of militant groups and separatist leaders in the Valley.
The difference is Trag was not a civilian. He was a militant. He had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in 1991 to get arms training. He returned to the Valley in early 1993. "Trag was a militant, but once he returned he was not actively involved in any act of violence," a relative of Trag said.
Twenty-five year old Fayaz Ahmed Trag, a resident at Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district went missing in 1993. The family says he was picked up by a rival group from a village in Tral and since then there is no news of him. "Soon after he was picked up we met many militant leaders in south Kashmir and they assured us that he will be released," the relative said.
Even this family faced a similar disappointed. The promises were never kept.
"We even met separatists leaders in Srinagar, but they too didn't do any thing," he went on to say.
Trag was married when he crossed the LoC. He had one daughter and a son.
"After he went missing his family was looked after by his father and elder brother," Khursheed, a neighbour who has been following his case said.
Trag's kids are now studying in college and the two like other family members have given up the hope of their father's return. "We don't believe that Trag is alive. But every one among us including his two kids want to know if Trag is dead where is he buried? " asks his relative Fayaz.
The family has not filed any case in the local police station about his disappearance.
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