Stranded in Srinagar for week, JU student from Kupwara now hopes to return home close to LoC
Stranded in Srinagar for week, JU student from Kupwara now hopes to return home close to LoC
KOLKATA: (May 13) Despite travelling over 2,000 km from Kolkata, Jadavpur University (JU) student Zahid Khan was not able to cover the last 200 km from Srinagar to reach his village Tangdhar in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district near the Line of Control due to military clashes between India and Pakistan.
With the cessation of drone attacks and artillery shelling, Khan, who is pursuing his PhD in political science in JU, now hopes to visit his elderly parents and siblings after spending over a week at a friend's house in Srinagar.
Speaking to PTI over the phone from Srinagar on Tuesday, Khan said, "My elderly parents, younger sister and other members of the family, as well as a couple of neighbours, took shelter in a bunker at Tangdhar from May 7 to May 11."
