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'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as Mushtaq Latram ) is a Kashmiri militant belonging to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]]. He was arrested in India and released as a result of the hostage swap following the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He was reportedly arrested in Pakistan in 2002.
'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] militant active in the [[Kashmiri insurgency]], and founder of the militant outfit [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen|Al-Umar Mujahedeen]]. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He currently lives in Pakistan.


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==Early life and career==
Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in downtown [[Kashmir Valley]]. He was motivated into radical Islamist movemen against Indian state in 1988 by [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]] his first commander in chief and joined JKLF under Wani. After death of Ashfaq in march 1990 he had ideological differences with the other leadership of JKLF followed by Ashfaq Majeed Wani, and later founded his own pro pakistan organisation Al-Umar Mujahideen after the death of Wani. Ashfaq Majeed Wani is believed to be the godfather of all separatist movement heads such as [[Hurriyat]], [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] and others. It was [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]] who is considered the father of armed fighting in [[Kashmir]].


Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in [[Kashmir Valley]]. He joined the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] in 1988, encouraged by its founder [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]], and allegedly left for combat training in [[Azad Kashmir]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1989.
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==Early life==


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On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]], the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed’s release. The government accepted their demands.
After Zargar returned to [[India]] in 1989 after getting training in [[PoK]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} under [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}. After Wanis death when one of his suggestions was not accepted by Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], he later formed a group of his own aimed to annex [[Jammu and Kashmir]] Al-Umar Mujahideen (HUM) (the commandment of the Mujahidin) in 1991. It is widely believed{{By whom|date=March 2019}} that more and more members of JKLF started their own organisations because of the split after the death of [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]]. All wanted to work and were working under [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]] but due to his death there was no unity in other members so all of them started their own groups after having ideological differences.


After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.
==Kidnapping==
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On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed under the leadership of [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]]. Rubaiya was the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed’s release. The government accepted their demands and freed the mujahids.
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Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi|year=2002 |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi |year=2002 |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?|author= Abhinandan Mishra|date= 2008-07-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archive-date= 28 September 2008|access-date= 2008-08-04|url-status= dead}}</ref>
At least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, India, including some high-ranking Indian officers.
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Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested| title = Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM}} </ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
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Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |edition= |language= |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi |year=2002 |origyear= |quote= |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |oclc= |doi= |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&pg=PA117&vq=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&dq=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U1_6R5fVkNQzG-wPpiDd5lLmNkHbA#PPA117,M1|accessdate=|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 12/31/1999 as part of the [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]] hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |edition= |language= |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi |year=2002 |origyear= |quote= |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |oclc= |doi= |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&pg=PA105&dq=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=0U-XSOTFBprqiQGkg70f&sig=ACfU3U33UIDtKgvPb5JDMTC35Hli-Wwp3g#PPA105,M1|accessdate=|page= 105}}</ref> Immediately after his release Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar renewed the activity of Al-Umar Mujahideen in Muzaffarabad, close to the Indian border, in recruiting and training of young Muslims to the guerilla war in Indian Kashmir.<ref name="url">{{cite web|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?|author= Abhinandan Mishra|authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-27|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= https://www.webcitation.org/5ZpRBSYFx?url=http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archivedate= 4 August 2008|quote= |accessdate= 2008-08-04|url-status= dead}}</ref>
As of 2007, Zargar was living in [[Muzaffarabad]], [[Azad Kashmir|Pakistan]] without any restrictions.

==Arrest==
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Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002. <ref>http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested</ref>

==See also==
*[[Yasin Malik]]


==Notes==
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==External links==
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Revision as of 07:56, 1 September 2024

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar
Born1967

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar (born 1967, also known as Mushtaq Latram) is a Kashmiri militant active in the Kashmiri insurgency, and founder of the militant outfit Al-Umar Mujahedeen. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking. He currently lives in Pakistan.

Early life and career

Zargar grew up in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar in Kashmir Valley. He joined the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front in 1988, encouraged by its founder Ashfaq Majeed Wani, and allegedly left for combat training in Azad Kashmir[citation needed]. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1989.

On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed’s release. The government accepted their demands.

After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and Yasin Malik, Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.

Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.[1] He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.[2] Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in Muzaffarabad.[3]

Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002[4] but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ Giriraj Shah (2002). Hijacking and terror in sky. New Delhi: Anmol. p. 117. ISBN 81-261-1090-2.
  2. ^ Giriraj Shah (2002). Hijacking and terror in sky. New Delhi: Anmol. p. 105. ISBN 81-261-1090-2.
  3. ^ Abhinandan Mishra (27 July 2008). "India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?". Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM".
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