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, a railway police inspector from Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), moved intentionally to Delhi. His son, Sheikh Mukhtar, was born in Delhi on 24 December 1914.