Claim

Mehbooba Mufti's sister was kidnapped by Pakistan-backed militants when her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was India's Home Minister in the V.P. Singh government.

“Who kidnapped her sister when Mufti Mohammed Sayyid was the Home Minister of India in the VP Singh government?”

Rationale

Every element of the claim checks out. Rubaiya Sayeed, sister of Mehbooba Mufti and daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was kidnapped on 8 December 1989 by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) militants while her father served as India's Home Minister in the V.P. Singh government. She was released on 13 December 1989 after the government freed five jailed JKLF militants. The JKLF was a Kashmiri separatist group widely regarded as Pakistan-backed, making that characterization defensible. The core factual assertions are correct.

Evidence

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Rubaiya_Sayeed Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then-Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was kidnapped on 8 Dec 1989 in Srinagar by JKLF militants; V.P. Singh's central government secured her release on 13 Dec 1989 by freeing five jailed JKLF members. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://theprint.in/india/j-k-mehbooba-muftis-sister-rubaiya-sayeed-appears-before-cbi-court-in-1989-kidnapping-case/1040734/ Confirms Rubaiya Sayeed is Mehbooba Mufti's sister and is the victim of the 1989 kidnapping case. ✗ unreachable
• https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/1989-kidnapping-case-tada-court-issues-bailable-warrant-against-mehbooba-mufti-sister-rubaiya-sayeed-latest-updates-yasin-malik-abduction-case-2022-08-23-802294 Court documents identify Rubaiya Sayeed as Mehbooba Mufti's sister in the abduction case involving JKLF's Yasin Malik and associates. ✓ reachable · archived