The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested an 'absconder' in the high-profile kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, a case that goes back over 35 years.

The person arrested on Monday, identified as one Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, is alleged to be a close confidant of Yasin Malik, the chief of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terror group. Also Read | CBI gets notice on Rabri Devi's plea seeking transfer of case to another judge

"The said accused Shangloo conspired with Yasin Malik and others in committing a crime under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code and TADA Act during the Year 1989," the CBI said in a statement on Monday.

"The absconder is carrying a reward of Rs. 10 lakh on his head. He w

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