The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made an arrest in the decades-old kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The agency has taken into custody Shafat Ahmad Shangloo, a resident of Srinagar’s Nishat area, who had been wanted for 35 years.

According to the CBI, Shangloo was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and allegedly worked closely with its chief Yasin Malik, helping manage the organisation’s finances. Investigators believe he conspired with Malik to abduct Rubaiya in 1989. A reward of ₹10 lakh had been announced for his capture.

In a statement, the CBI said: “The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an absconder, Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, wanted in a 35-year-old CBI case relating to the k

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