SRINAGAR (PTI)The longest  ever kidnap episode in the strife torn northern Indian state of Kashmir ended with the release of Mir Nasrullah, son of former minister g m Mir lasjan after 159 days of captivity in Srinagar, summer capital of the state, on march 16 evening

Elsewhere in the bandh-hit valley, four people, including an area commander of hiz-bul Mujahedeen were killed and 11 subversives nabbed since Friday night Nasrullah, who was abducted by activists of  ikhwan-ul muslamin  on October eight, 1991, from near the office of press information bureau at abiguzar, was released along with a k dhar, scientist of regional research laboratory.

Article extracted from this publication >> March 27, 1992