Arif Khan had in a TV interview said that he alongwith IK Gujral, external affairs minister in the Janta Party government of VP Singh, flew to Srinagar to meet Farooq Abdullah at his Gupkar Road residence after Rubaiya was kidnapped and terrorists sought release of their men in her exchange.
The Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan confirming that the then chief minister of J&K Dr. Farooq Abdullah had opposed release of five top terrorists in exchange of that time’s Home Minister Mufti Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya Sayeed has given a new twist to the ongoing controversy on the ‘Kashmir Files’ movie and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley because of genocide of Hindus by Pakistan backed terrorists.
Arif Khan had in a TV interview said that he alongwith IK Gujral, external affairs minister in the Janta Party government of VP Singh, flew to Srinagar to meet Farooq Abdullah at his Gupkar Road residence after Rubaiya was kidnapped and terrorists sought release of their men in her exchange.
“To be fair to Farooq Abdullah, he was against the demand to release terrorists”, said Arif Khan and added he was sidelined as Delhi wanted pressure to be exerted for release of terrorists to secure freedom for Mufti Sayeed’s daughter who was abducted on 8 December 1989 allegedly by JKLF terrorist group headed by Yasin Malik.
