Farooq Abdullah obliged Hizbul chief Salahudin with medical seat for his son:

NEW DELHI Jul 3, 2015, 02.12(Agency) :  Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahudin was obliged when he called the Intelligence Bureau (IB)'s chief in Srinagar seeking admission for his son to a Kashmir medical college during Farooq Abdullah's tenure (1996-2002) as chief minister.Former spymaster A S Dulat has revealed this in his book, insisting this was "a great opening" that should have been followed up to bring back Salahudin, who features on India's list of 48 fugitives holed up in Pakistan. "This is a story I actually got from (then Srinagar IB head) K M (Singh)... What he (Salahudin) wanted was admission for his son, who used to live in Srinagar, in the medical college. So K M thought, and I think K M was right,



let's do this guy a favour and the only way it could be done was through the chief minister so he went and said, 'sir, kar dejya,"' Dulat told a TV channel. "And Dr Farooq obliged as always."The ex-spymaster said the "little favour" could have been used to bring Salahudin back like his colleague, Majid Dar, who had declared unilateral ceasefire and held talks with the government in 2000 before he was killed three years later."Salahudin should have and could have been brought back. This was done as part of luring Salahudin back to India. But we were not interested. We never showed any interest," he said."This is an exceptional case for an exceptional person. And that exceptional person should be brought home - back to the valley."