<p>A missing Kashmiri student of Sharda University in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida, who had purportedly joined militant ranks, has been detained by Jammu and Kashmir police, his family said on Sunday.</p>.<p>“He (my son) returned home but police arrived here and detained him. He was bleeding," Bilal Ahmad, father of Ahtisham, a first-year bachelor’s degree student of medical imaging technology, told reporters here.</p>.<p>“Please take him to the hospital first,” he pleaded.</p>.<p>Police, confirming the development said on Twitter that an individual (name withheld) has been brought back “to the mainstream.”</p>.<p>“With the help of family and police an individual (name withheld) has been brought back to the mainstream. Further details shall follow," police said on Twitter.</p>.<p><strong>Joined IS?</strong></p>.<p>Ahtisham, a resident of Khanyar area of old city Srinagar, went missing on October 28 from his hostel at Sharda University in Greater Noida, nearly a month after he was assaulted during a group clash at the varsity between Indian and Afghani students.</p>.<p>In a purported audio message, the missing student had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group. His family had made a fervent appeal to him to return home.</p>
<p>A missing Kashmiri student of Sharda University in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida, who had purportedly joined militant ranks, has been detained by Jammu and Kashmir police, his family said on Sunday.</p>.<p>“He (my son) returned home but police arrived here and detained him. He was bleeding," Bilal Ahmad, father of Ahtisham, a first-year bachelor’s degree student of medical imaging technology, told reporters here.</p>.<p>“Please take him to the hospital first,” he pleaded.</p>.<p>Police, confirming the development said on Twitter that an individual (name withheld) has been brought back “to the mainstream.”</p>.<p>“With the help of family and police an individual (name withheld) has been brought back to the mainstream. Further details shall follow," police said on Twitter.</p>.<p><strong>Joined IS?</strong></p>.<p>Ahtisham, a resident of Khanyar area of old city Srinagar, went missing on October 28 from his hostel at Sharda University in Greater Noida, nearly a month after he was assaulted during a group clash at the varsity between Indian and Afghani students.</p>.<p>In a purported audio message, the missing student had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group. His family had made a fervent appeal to him to return home.</p>