Srinagar, Oct. 16 -- In a significant legal development, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Baramulla at Sopore has issued a proclamation against Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin whose given name is Mohammad Yousuf Shah, declaring him an absconder in connection with a 2012 case registered at Police Station Dangiwacha under Sections 153-B and 506 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).

The order, issued by Chief Judicial Magistrate Mir Wajahat on October 8, 2025, came after the court found that Salahuddin has been "deliberately concealing himself to evade arrest and the process of law."

According to the court record, the charge sheet in FIR No. 67 of 2012 was presented on December 5, 2023, but the accused failed to appear despite repeated summ...