The CBI on Tuesday sought the custody of Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, arrested in the 35-year-old case relating to the kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, in the TADA court in Jammu.<\/p>\n
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Shangloo was arrested on Monday. He carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh, in connection with the sensational 1989 kidnapping of Sayeed, daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, for allegedly being part of a conspiracy hatched by members of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). Shangloo is alleged to be a close confidant of JKLF chief Yasin Malik.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe was produced before the special TADA court. We have sought custody of the accused,\u201d CBI lawyer S K Bhat said.<\/p>\n
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He said the order of the court is awaited.<\/p>\n
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In a statement, the CBI said Shangloo conspired with Malik and others in committing offences under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code and the TADA Act in 1989.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe absconder was carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head and was produced before the TADA Court in Jammu within the stipulated time as per law,\u201d CBI\u2019s spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
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According to officials, Shangloo was allegedly an office-bearer of JKLF and handled its finances.<\/p>\n
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The CBI, along with Jammu and Kashmir Police, arrested Shangloo from his residence in the Nishat area of Srinagar.<\/p>\n
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Malik, who is serving a jail term in Delhi\u2019s Tihar Jail in a terror funding case, is not being produced physically in court due to a Ministry of Home Affairs order restricting his movement.<\/p>\n
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During the court hearings, Sayeed had identified four other accused, besides Malik, as being involved in the crime.<\/p>\n
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She was abducted from near Lal Ded Hospital in Srinagar on December 8, 1989, and was freed five days later after the then V P Singh government, which was supported by the BJP at the Centre, released five terrorists in exchange.<\/p>\n
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Now living in Tamil Nadu, Sayeed is listed as a prosecution witness by the CBI, which took over the investigation in 1990.<\/p>\n
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In order to expedite the trial, the CBI had appointed its senior counsel Monika Kohli as the chief prosecutor after framing charges against Malik in the much-publicised cases related to the Sayeed\u2019s abduction and killing of four IAF personnel in Srinagar more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n
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Malik, 56, was sentenced by a special NIA court in May last year. He was arrested in early 2019 in connection with the 2017 terror-funding case registered by the NIA.<\/p>\n
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A special TADA court has already framed charges against Malik and nine others in the kidnapping case. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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