Srinagar: One of the men involved in the 1990 abduction and murder of then Kashmir University vice chancellor Mas-heer-ul-Haq has been arrested here yesterday. The accused was absconding since April 6, 1990.
According to the officer, Srinagar police zeroed on Hilal Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Nabi, and resident of Naid Doori, accused in the murder case.
“The case was investigated by CBI. The accused was evading arrest and was declared an absconder in the murder case,” he said, adding that Sheikh was apprehended from an area under the Zadibal police station. Sheikh was produced before the court of chief judicial magistrate, Srinagar.
Masheer and his secretary, Abdul Gani, were kidnapped from Kashmir University campus in 1990 and later killed by the abductors sending shock waves among academicians in the state. IANS
