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.
This is the first arrest the CBI has made during its investigation after the case was handed over to the central investigation agency.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, features Manna — accused of recruiting youth for the Islamic State — enjoying facilities prohibited for prisoners booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Mehbooba’s sister, Dr. Rubaiya Sayeed, had, on July 15, 2022, identified Malik and three others as her abductors. She was kidnapped near Srinagar’s Lal Ded Hospital on December 8, 1989, and released five days later after the then VP Singh government freed five terrorists in exchange.
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya called Yasin Malik’s affidavit “shocking,” after the jailed JKLF leader claimed that late ex-PM Manmohan Singh had thanked him for meeting Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed in 2006. The claim, made in the Delhi High Court, raises fresh questions over the UPA’s handling of national security.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that there were security concerns regarding the physical production of Malik.
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking the transfer of trial against the separatist leader and the head of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik and five others in two kidnapping and terror related cases from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi.
The court indicated that a courtroom might be set up inside Tihar Jail for conducting the trial in the Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case, which involves the cross-examination of prosecution witnesses.
Yasin Malik received a life sentence from a trial court last year in connection with a case involving the funding…
On Friday, the prison authorities had launched a probe after Malik was taken to Supreme Court without following standard operating procedure.
