The court refused to grant Shangloo’s custody to the CBI for questioning in connection with the kidnapping that occurred on 8 December 1989 and ended after five days with the release of five dreaded JKLF terrorists.
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Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, who was arrested on Monday for alleged involvement in the 1989 kidnapping of the then home minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter, was set free on Tuesday by a special court that refused to grant custody on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The court refused to grant Shangloo’s custody to the CBI for questioning in connection with the kidnapping that occurred on 8 December 1989 and ended after five days with the release of five dreaded JKLF terrorists.
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Rejecting the CBI plea for his custody, the special court noted that there was no mention of him in the charge sheet filed by the agency.
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Shangloo carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh for allegedly being part of the conspiracy hatched by the banned JKLF. He was a close confidant of JKLF chief Yasin Malik, who is in the Tihar jail for this and other cases.
The CBI arrested Shangloo from his residence in the Nishat area of Srinagar on 1 December. The central agency had sought the custody of Shangloo, arrested in the 35-year-old case, in the TADA court in Jammu, claiming that he had been absconding all these years.
“He was produced before the special TADA court. We have sought custody of the accused,” CBI lawyer SK Bhat said earlier.
In a statement after the arrest, 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.
“The 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,” CBI’s statement added.
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