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Detained Naeem Akhtar hospitalised

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 1/15/2021 1:14:44 PM

SRINAGAR, Jan 14: Senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar, who was arrested in December, was admitted to a private hospital on Thursday after he fell unconscious in a sub-jail here, his family said on Thursday.
PDP spokesman Najam-u-Saqib said that the detained leader was shifted to Khyber hospital after he developed some health issues.
“He is fine and under medical observation now,” the spokesman said.
His daughter Sheheryar Khanum, a social activist, also tweeted about his condition.
"At least a senior police officer had the courtesy to inform me around midnight that my father @shangpal (Nayeem Akhtar) in detention was in hospital after he was unconscious for 40 mins. Saved by a whisker - some days back all alone in the whole building. Grateful to his fellow detenues. Prayers!" Khanum tweeted.
Sheheryar also recalled that previously he was kept alone for five days in a 50-room damp building and it is not known whether he suffered any health issues there.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration detained Akhtar from his home on the evening of December 21 last amidst the District Development Council (DDC) elections. He has been under detention for the past twenty-five days, however, the reason for his detention is unknown.
Akhtar was among three PDP leaders arrested on December 21, a day ahead of counting of votes for District Development Council elections, and lodged in a government building declared as a sub-jail.
Akhtar was under detention earlier as well in the August 2019 clampdown and spent over a year in prison.
A PDP leader said Akhtar's condition was better now.