35 years, 2 absconders and a trail gone cold: How 1991 Jammu blast case was rebuilt

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6 min readJammu/ BijbeharaSep 5, 2026 06:50 AM IST First published on: Sep 5, 2026 at 06:50 AM ISTNothing about Altaf Hussain Sheikh suggested anything out of the ordinary. He came from a well-respected family in Anantnag’s Bijbehara, was an established businessman and, neighbours say, lived a perfectly ordinary family life with a wife and three children – a son and two daughters.It was a shock, therefore, when the 56-year-old Sheikh was arrested in the second week of August for the 1991 bomb blast at Jammu Railway Station.