Since Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is in the news as the person who is likely to be Jammu and Kashmir's next chief minister, here's a blast from the past.

Pictured is Sayeed hugging his daughter Rubaiya and looking on is Mehbooba Mufti, his other daughter.

Rubaiya Sayeed, a medico, was kidnapped on December 8, 1989, days after her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became home minister in the V.P. Singh government. She was released on December 13 in exchange for the freedom of five JKLF militants. The event was termed a watershed for militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The Centre's policy of bowing to the demands of militants was repeated in December 1999 when three terrorists were released in exchange for the safety of passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines flight which was taken to Kandahar.