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Could Alison still be alive in the hills of Kashmir?
Alison MacDonald disappeared in 1981 during a holiday in the Himalayas as a 19 year old student. But her father, the Rev Kenneth MacDonald, a Free Church minister from Rosskeen in Ross-shire, believes she is still alive.Kashmiri police closed the case after failing to find any clues. However, it has now been revealed that Interpol officials in London have asked detectives to re-open investigations following claims that she may have been kidnapped and held by a wanted Islamic terrorist.
Syed Salahuddin, a Kashmiri militant leader is head of the Hizb-ul-Muhajideen, the largest militant group fighting Indian forces. He is based in Pakistan, from where he co-ordinates his fight for Kashmiri independence.
Mr MacDonald sent Interpol officials a CD containing a television interview with Salahuddin in 2000, in which he claims the wanted Kashmiri spoke certain words in a west coast Scottish accent, and used others which Mr MacDonald believes he could have picked up from his daughter.
Full story at The Scotsman.
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