New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested an 'absconder' in the high-profile kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, a case that goes back over 35 years.

The person arrested on Monday, identified as one Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, is alleged to be a close confidant of Yasin Malik, the chief of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terror group.

Shangloo was arrested from his residence in the Nishat area of Srinagar in a joint operation by the CBI and the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

"The said accused Shangloo conspired with Yasin Malik and others in committing a crime under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code and TADA Act during the Year...