Three out of four Ph.D. scholars who had escaped duringquarantine from Aligarh Muslim University were traced to Kashmir on Saturday.
Four Ph.D. scholars of Aligarh Muslim University, who belongto the Valley, had escaped from the quarantine ward in that Uttar Pradesh cityon March 18.
Two of them have been traced by the authorities in Baramulladistrict while the third one was traced in Anantnag district, DistrictMagistrates of the two districts told media.
The fourth Kashmiri scholar who escaped from the quarantineward in Aligarh is still untraced. They have been shifted to Health Centres forexamination.
Officials said after preliminary medical examination today,doctors would decide the course of preventive procedure regarding these threepersons.
Sources said that the three had returned to India from theUAE on the March 18 and their university had kept in quarantine where from theyfled to Kashmir.
A letter issued by the medical authorities at the AMU hadsaid three scholars fled the isolation wards without informing the authorities.The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir swung into action and traced the trio intheir native villages in Anatnag and Baramulla.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anantnag SandeepChaudhary told IANS that the police was alert about their movement to Kashmirfrom Aligarh.
“The scholar from Anatnag was taken away by police justan hour after he reached his home at 3 a.m.,” Choudhary said.
The two youth from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district werealso timely traced timely by the authorities.
Divisonal Commissisoner P.K. Pole told IANS that after thewhereabouts of the three scholars were known, the government teams immediatelytracked them down.
The authorities continued complete restrictions for thesecond consecutive day in Srinagar district today.
Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Srinagar DM has said this has becomeabsolutely necessary to ensure safety and well being of the people in thedistrict.