Sheikh Mukhtar was the son of Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed (who was a railway police inspector and born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan) Chaudhary Ashfaq Ahmed intentionally got transferred and  migrated to Delhi. Sheikh Mukhtar was born on 24 December 1914 in Delhi.
Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed, who served as a railway police inspector and was born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), deliberately relocated to Delhi. His son, Sheikh Mukhtar, was born on 24 December 1914 in Delhi.