Court frees CBI's catch in Rubaiya abduction case, cites charge-sheet gap

JAMMU: A TADA tribunal successful Jammu released Tuesday Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, the alleged Yasin Malik accomplice whose apprehension CBI announced the erstwhile time arsenic the missing portion successful its 35-year probe into the 1989 abduction of location curate Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's girl Dr Rubaiya Sayeed.The tribunal of 3rd further territory and sessions justice Madan Lal rejected CBI's plea for Shangloo's custody connected the crushed that determination was nary notation of him successful the agency's complaint expanse successful the case, involving the banned JKLF.CBI's connection aft Shangloo's apprehension identified him arsenic an "absconder" with a Rs 10 lakh bounty connected his head. He allegedly conspired with incarcerated JKLF main Yasin and others to abduct Rubaiya and barter her state with the merchandise of 5 associates from jail.Yasin, serving a beingness word successful Delhi's Tihar Jail successful a panic backing case, is being tried successful the Rubaiya abduction lawsuit and a 1990 violent onslaught successful which 4 unarmed IAF unit successful Srinagar were killed and 22 others wounded. Proceedings successful some cases are being held successful the Jammu court.Rubaiya, who present lives successful Tamil Nadu, identified Yasin arsenic 1 of her captors during a tribunal proceeding connected July 15, 2022. Another witnesser backed her grounds successful Feb 2023.The 3rd of Mufti Sayeed's daughters was a aesculapian intern erstwhile JKLF terrorists abducted her connected Dec 8, 1989, from adjacent her location successful J&K's Nowgam. She was returning by autobus from Lal Ded Memorial Hospital.