The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Shafat Ahmad Shungloo, a resident of Hawal currently staying in Ishber Nishat, on Monday in connection with the high-profile 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed case. Shungloo, the son of Saif-ud-Din, was taken into custody at Police Station Nishat as part of the ongoing investigation and trial proceedings that have continued for over three decades.

Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was abducted by terrorists from the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on December 8, 1989, in Srinagar. The terrorists demanded the release of five jailed JKLF members in exchange for her freedom. In a landmark and controversial decision, the Indian government acceded to the kidnappers’ demands, releasing the

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