Mannan Bashir Wani, a scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University pursuing doctorate in Geology, uploaded a gun-wielding photograph on the social media, shocking family, friends and the security grid.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
Mannan Bashir Wani, a scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University pursuing doctorate in Geology, uploaded a gun-wielding photograph on the social media, shocking family, friends and the security grid.<\/i><\/p>\n
Here are the ten developments on the story: <\/i><\/p>\n
1.In a viral video, the family of the scholar has issued a passionate appeal for him to return home. \u201cWe will live in penury, but you should come home,\u201d said his mother Shameema in the video. \u201cCome back my son. I won\u2019t force you for further studies and will keep you at home only. Please return to your parents, I am waiting for you.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
2.His father who is a lecturer said that the decision of his son has shocked him.<\/i><\/p>\n
3.His elder brother Mudasir Wani said that Mannan had no apparent reason of picking up gun. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t believe our eyes even after seeing Mannan along with a gun in a picture on Facebook. We had never imagined that he would join militancy because there was no apparent reason for him to do so,\u201d he told Greater Kashmir.<\/i><\/p>\n
4.Police is still investigating whether or not the scholar known for activism in AMU has joined militancy. \u201cOnce we complete the investigations, only then we will be able to say with authenticity whether he has joined militancy or not,\u201d said top cop Muneer Khan. \u201cIt could be like someone might have photo-shopped his photograph and posted it on the social networking site.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
5.In Aligarh, a team of senior AMU officials sealed Manan\u2019s room of Manan Bashir Wani, 26, immediately upon receiving a letter from the Superintendent of Police, Aligarh, regarding his alleged \u201cnefarious\u201d activities, university officials said.<\/i><\/p>\n
6.However, Salahuddin who heads the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, in a statement, has announced that Wani has joined the outfit. \u201cClaims of the government and the police that youth are joining militancy due to unemployment and other domestic issues stand punctured after a Ph.D scholar from AMU joined the Hizb,\u201d local news agency CNS quoted Salahuddin as saying.<\/i><\/p>\n
7.What motivated Mannan to join militancy remains unclear, however, a virtual friend of Wani\u2019s attempts to add some background. \u201cThis guy, Manan, was my Facebook friend\u2026A month or so, before, he wrote a story on fb [Facebook] that, while he was travelling to his home in a sumo [taxi], he was dragged down at five places, humiliated, leered and jeered by Naka parties: just for his looks and wear-up.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
8.AMU has reportedly set up a comprehensive inquiry into the entire matter and is also taking further necessary steps for beefing up security in the university\u2019s hostels.<\/i><\/p>\n
9.AMU officials said that he had left for his hometown shortly before the commencement of the winter vacations at AMU on January 6.<\/i><\/p>\n
10.Wani was specializing in Applied Geology and had last year been acclaimed for his research paper on flood risk assessment at an international conference. Over the last five years, he had reportedly been involved in student politics. He has now been expelled by the university.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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