Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and PDP chief, has written to Home Minister Amit Shah to view jailed separatist Yasin Malik’s case through a humanitarian lens. Among other charges, Malik was one of the key leaders of JKLF who had kidnapped Rubaiya Sayeed, Mufti's daughter in 1989.

“While I differ with his political ideology, one cannot ignore the courage it took him to renounce violence and choose the path of political engagement and non violent dissent,” Mehbooba Mufti said sharing the letter on his X account.

Malik is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. The government alleges that Yasin Malik, sentenced to life imprisonment in 2022, was involved in activities that were a threat to the country’s sovereignty and was closely linked to militancy in J&K.

In 1989, Rub

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