Kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed
In 1989, Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was kidnapped by Kashmiri separatist militants in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers demanded the release of five jailed members of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) in exchange for Sayeed's release. The Indian government headed by V. P. Singh of the Janata Dal party, with outside support from the BJP, agreed to the demands and induced the state government to release the jailed militants. In 2004, the JKLF admitted to having carried out the kidnapping, and the court case is ongoing. In July 2022, Rubaiya identified Yasin Malik, one of the key leaders of JKLF at that time, as one of her kidnappers.
| Kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed | |
|---|---|
| Location | Srinagar, India |
| Date | 8 December 1989 3:45 p.m. |
Attack type | Kidnapping |
| Victim | Rubaiya Sayeed |
| Perpetrators | Kashmiri separatist militants, members of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front |
| Motive | Release of five jailed members of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front |
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