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23 Years Later, India Strikes Back!

March 02, 2023 12:36 IST

National Investigation Agency officials seized Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar's home in Srinagar on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Zargar alias Mushtaq Latrum is the founder of the Al-Umar Mujahideen, a terror group in Kashmir.

On December 31, 1999, Zargar was released along with Jaish e Mohammed founder Masood Azhar and the British terrorist Omar Saeed Shaikh in exchange for the passengers and crew on board IC-814, the Indian Airlines flight hijacked from Kathmandu and flown to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Nightmare of Flight 814

Zargar is reported to be living in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

In 1989, he was involved in the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, then home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter.

IMAGE: The NIA notice of attachment of Mushtaq Zargar's property at Nowhatta near the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, here and below. All photographs: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com

IMAGE: Zargar's brother watches NIA agents post the notice of attachment.

IMAGE: A family member breaks down as NIA agents seize the house.

IMAGE: Rouf Ahmad Misgar, a neighbour, speaks with the media.

IMAGE: NIA agents in action.

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com

UMAR GANIE