That is why my son turned terrorist: Pulwama attacker’s father

Gulam Hassan Dar, the father of Adil Ahmad Dar who is the suicide bomber in Pulawama attack on CRPF soldiers, said Indian security forces are responsible for his son turning into terrorist.

“Last year in March, Adil Ahmad went missing. After three months of searching, we gave up on him. Before Adil went missing, a particular incident had angered him against the security forces and he left the valley to join terrorist group,” said Gulam.

Adding the terrorist’s father said, about three years back when Adil was returning from school, the army stopped him. He was made to bow down before them and rub his nose to the ground. Adil felt humiliated and used to constantly remember this incident. Gulam is a fabric salesman in Kashmir while his three sons used to do odd jobs for the sake of income.

Adil’s mother Fahmeeda too is also very well aware of this incident. “He was a school drop-out and was working in a constructing site. He came for lunch and left the home with a cycle. Few days later a picture of Adil with gun appeared in the social media. We desperately wanted him to quit militancy,” said she and added that being the second child among the three, Adil used to help her with household works.

One of Adil’s cousin said he (Adil) got injured in the 2016 stone pelting at Pulwama and was bed ridden for few days.

The 20 year old Adil Ahmad Dar from Lethipora in Kashmir, cruised his SUV with 300 kilos of explosives into one of the 78 vehicle convoy of CRPF jawans. Over 40 soldiers lost their lives.