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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) connected Monday (December 1, 2025) arrested Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, an alleged absconder wanted successful the lawsuit of the kidnapping 35 years agone of Rubaiya Sayeed, girl of the precocious erstwhile Union Home Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, from Srinagar.
A CBI spokesperson said Mr. Shangloo would beryllium produced earlier the TADA tribunal successful Jammu, “within stipulated time as per law”.
“The accused conspired with Yasin Malik (chairman of the J&K Liberation Front oregon JKLF) and others successful committing a transgression nether assorted Sections of the Ranbir Penal Code, and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) Act during the twelvemonth 1989,” the CBI said.
The absconder, the CBI said, was carrying a reward of ₹10 lakh connected his head.
Dr. Sayeed was kidnapped connected the evening of December 8 and held hostage till December 13, 1989. She was released successful speech for 5 known militants of the JKLF, including Hamid Sheikh, Altaf Ahmed Bhat, Noor Mohammadd Kalwal, Javed Ahmed Zarger, and Sher Khan.
The kidnapping case, which was enactment successful a acold retention for astir 3 decades, was re-opened successful January 2021 erstwhile a TADA tribunal ordered framing of charges against Malik and 9 others successful the kidnapping successful Jammu.
In 2022, Dr. Sayeed identified Malik, 58, and 3 others, arsenic her abductors successful the 1989 kidnapping case.
The tribunal had past observed that determination were “sufficient grounds for drafting prima facie presumption that the accused person committed offences nether Sections 120-B work with Sections 368 RPC and Section 3/4 of TADA Act”.
The CBI had besides informed the tribunal that respective accused had made confessional statements and disclosed their role.
Besides the high-profile kidnapping case, the tribunal successful 2020 besides framed charges against Malik and different accused successful the lawsuit related to the sidesplitting of 4 Indian Air Force officials, including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, successful an onslaught successful Srinagar connected January 25, 1990.
In 2022, Mr. Malik was convicted by a peculiar Delhi tribunal successful a panic financing case, and was awarded 2 beingness sentences and 5 punishments of 10 years rigorous imprisonment each. The National Investigation Agency had demanded the decease punishment successful the case. Mr. Malik, who was arrested successful 2019 and his organisation banned by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, is pleading each the cases himself.
