Srinagar: The CBI on Monday arrested Shafat Ahmad Shungloo from Ishber Nishat in Srinagar in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. It marks another step in a case that has remained unresolved for nearly 36 years and has had a lasting impact on J&K security situation.

Shungloo, son of Saif-ud-Din, was allegedly involved in the abduction carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on December 8, 1989. Rubaiya was taken while returning from Lal Ded maternity hospital. During her captivity, the kidnappers demanded the release of five jailed JKLF militants. After five days of tense negotiations, VP Singh's government accepted the demand, and Rubaiya was released on December 13, 1989.

The CBI has

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