"I fainted when Army Major Leetul Gogoi barged into our house one night and started enquiring about our well-being. He was accompanied by another man and both were in civilian clothes. Later I came to know that the man accompanying Gogoi was Sameer Mala from Lokipora Poshkar," Naseema, the mother of the local girl (name withheld) who was briefly detained by police along with Gogoi at a Srinagar hotel said.

Naseema broke her silence after hundreds of people including scribes from neighboring areas approached her to know the story of her daughter. She hails from Check-e-Kawoosa village of Budgam district. Naseema lives in a shabby tinshed (after her house was washed away in 2014 floods) with her husband and four children, the girl in question being the eldest one.

Major Gogoi was taken to the police station yesterday after an altercation with locals. It started after he allegedly 'tried to check' into a hotel with a local girl. The police have appointed Srinagar north zone SP Sajad Shah to probe the incident and Gogoi has been sent back to his camp in Budgam.

"I have three little children while my only daughter is 17. It was in March when suddenly one night Major Gogai along with Sameer Malla, who also is a soldier, entered our house. I got scared and fainted. Gogoi enquired about our well-being and left the place," Naseema said.

She said both Major Gogoi and Malla frequently entered our house in the wee hours. The mere presence of Gogoi sent chills down my spine. Sameer used to converse with my daughter. I grew doubtful but never thought she would be detained with the Gogoi in a hotel," she said.

Naseema blames Sameer for all that has happened.

"It was Sameer who brought Major Gogoi into my house and started luring my daughter. she informed me about visiting Narbal branch of Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Wednesday morning but it came as a shock to me when the local sarpanch received a phone call from police station informing about my daughter being detained for questioning," she said.

Meanwhile, a police official said that initial investigation reveals that the girl is not a minor.

"We are getting a report in this regard. There is nothing to hide. We will make the probe report public," he said.

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