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It alleges that the hostages were eventually "sold" to a pro-government militia group and were killed in December 1995.

The book The Meadow by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark offers a controversial alternate account: al faran

: The fates of Mangan, Wells, Hutchings, and Hasert remain officially unconfirmed, though they are presumed dead. They were never seen again after late 1995. Controversies and Theories It alleges that the hostages were eventually "sold"

Al-Faran was a shadowy extremist group that Indian and Western intelligence agencies identified as a front or pseudonym for the Pakistan-based organization (later known as Harkat-ul-Mujahideen). The group's primary motive was to force the Indian government to release jailed militant leaders, most notably Maulana Masood Azhar . The 1995 Kidnapping Crisis and Hasert remain officially unconfirmed