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'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] [[terrorist]] 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.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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://www.webcitation.org/5ZpRBSYFx?url=http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archive-date= 4 August 2008|access-date= 2008-08-04|url-status= dead}}</ref> <br />
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Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested</ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/Al_Umar.htm Profile of Al-Umar Mujahideen]<br />
* [http://www.tkb.org/KeyLeader.jsp?memID=5758 Profile of Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar]<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri militants]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Islamists]]<br />
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