[8] In 1988, Farooq Ahmed Dar was taken across the LoC to Pakistan-administered Kashmir by the then JKLF chief commander Ashfaq Majeed Wani for armed training.

[2][4] His first victim was a young businessman, Satish Kumar Tickoo, whom Dar knew and often took a lift from.

[6][9] Farooq Ahmed Dar, along with two of his associates, was arrested by Border Security Force on 22 June 1990 from Srinagar.

His detention under the Public Safety Act was quashed by the Supreme Court of India before his release from jail.

Large number of supporters assembled at his house where flower petals and confetti was showered on him.

[3][13] While dictating the verdict, the TADA court judge, Justice Wani remarked: The court is aware of the fact that the allegations against the accused are of serious nature and carry a punishment of death sentence or life imprisonment but the fact is that the prosecution has shown total disinterest in arguing the case.

[12]Upon release from detention, Dar joined the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) where he worked his way up to become its chairman.

[7] NIA has charged Dar, Sayeed Salahudeen, and others of "conspiring to wage war against the government" and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley.