Editing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (section)

===Union Minister for Home Affairs===
In 1989, within few days of taking office as the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Minister for Home Affairs]], his third daughter, Rubaiya, was [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed|kidnapped]] in 1989.<ref name = "rediff_int1">{{cite news | last = Sreedharan | first = Chindu | title = 'Elections in J&K have not been fair since 1987' | work=[[Rediff.com]] | date = 18 September 1999 | url = http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/18inter.htm | access-date = 5 March 2009}}</ref> Under pressure, she was released from captivity. During his tenure as Home Minister of India the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] took place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/story/207367.html |title=On 'Holocaust' day, Kashmiris seek probe into Pandit exodus |last=DIN |first=ZAHIR-UD |date=20 January 2016 |location=[[Srinagar]] |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701222257/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/story/207367.html |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kashmirink.in/news/coverstory/probe-the-exodus/133.html |title=PROBE THE EXODUS |last=Din |first=Zahir-ud |date=1 April 2016  |publisher=Kashmir Ink |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701193934/http://www.kashmirink.in/news/coverstory/probe-the-exodus/133.html |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/19kanch.htm |title=19/01/90: When Kashmiri Pandits fled Islamist terror |date=19 January 2005 |publisher=Rediff |access-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126101005/http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/19kanch.htm |archive-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>