Ashfaq Majeed Wani | |
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Commander of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front | |
Succeeded by | Yasin Malik |
Personal details | |
Born | Ashfaq Majeed Wani 5 September 1966 Srinagar, J&K, India |
Died | 30 March 1990 Srinagar, J&K, India | (aged 23)
Political party | JKLF |
Education | Tyndale Biscoe School |
Alma mater | Sri Pratap College University of Kashmir |
Ashfaq Majeed Wani (5 September 1966 – 30 March 1990)[1] was the first Commander in Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, a militant Kashmiri-separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[2] He was killed by Indian Paramilitary Forces in 1990 at the age of 24.[3] He was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Rubiya Sayed,[4] daughter of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, the then Home Minister of India.