Career
In August 1988 Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar went to Pakistan for military training. He returned to Pakistan for a second round of more advanced training in May 1989. After Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar returned to India in 1989, when one of his suggestions was not accepted, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar formed a group of his own aimed to annex Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Umar Mujahideen (HUM) (the commandment of the Mujahidin) which is believed was operating under the patronage and financial support of Pakistani secret service Inter-Services Intelligence. First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Umar Mujahideen kept an office in Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir.
On 12/08/1989 Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar carried out 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 and freed the jailed terrorists.
At least three dozen murder cases were registered against Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar in Srinagar, India, including some high-ranking Indian officers. Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar was arrested, finally, on 05/15/1992.
He was released from jail on 12/31/1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.
As of 2007, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar was living in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan without any restrictions. Mushtaq Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002.