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Mehbooba demands release of Shahid
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 1/20/2019 5:08:31 PM
Speaks to Rajnath
SRINAGAR, Jan 19: Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today demanded an "early release" of jailed Hurriyat Conference (M) leader Shahid ul Islam.
In a tweet, Mehbooba said she has spoken with the union home minister Rajnath Singh to seek release of Shahid on humanitarian grounds.
“Have spoken with HM requesting his (Shahid ul Islam’s) early release on humanitarian grounds as his wife has suffered a brain haemorrhage,” tweeted Mehbooba.
Shahid was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in an alleged funding case last year and is currently undergoing detention at Tihar jail in New Delhi.
His wife suffered a heart attack last weekend following which she was hospitalised.