Amid fears that Javid Ahmad Wani may have been abducted by militants, his mother has made an emotional plea for his safe return.
The distraught mother has released a heart-wrenching video message, calling on 'one and all to allow his son to return home'.
A joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army and paramilitary forces has also launched a search operation to trace an army soldier who went missing on the evening of 29 July from his village in Kulgam.
During the search operation, a pair of his slippers and blood stains were found in his car in Paranhal village. The vehicle was unlocked.
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