Overview
- A special TADA court in Jammu released Shafat Ahmed Shangloo a day after his arrest, turning down the CBI’s request for his custody.
- Judge Madan Lal noted that Shangloo was not mentioned in the agency’s charge sheet, a key reason cited for denying remand.
- The CBI had announced Shangloo’s capture in Srinagar as an absconder carrying a ₹10 lakh reward and alleged he conspired with Yasin Malik in 1989.
- Rubaiya Sayeed, then a 23-year-old medical intern, was abducted on December 8, 1989, and freed five days later in exchange for five jailed JKLF militants.
- The principal trial against Yasin Malik and other charged accused continues in the Jammu TADA court, with eyewitnesses, including Sayeed, having identified Malik in earlier hearings.