Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday appealed to the Government of India to immediately release Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik from the NIA custody in view of his failing health.
Malik, who was placed under arrest by the NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) in a case related to alleged funding of separatistsand militant organisations, had complained of chest pain on April 19.
He was sent to Ram ManoharLohia hospital in New Delhi for amedical check-up and doctors discharged him after a routine examination. He hassince been sent to Tihar jail on judicial custody.
“It is unfortunate. Malik is very ill. Sadhvi Pragya (Thakur) has been granted bail because of her ill health, but is contesting election and is speaking poison everywhere.
She has been let off, but Malik, who is very ill and his life is under threat, has been kept in prison. I would like to appeal the government to immediately release Malik so that he gets treatment.
God forbid, if something bad happens to him, the outcome would be catastrophic,” Mehbooba told reporters on the sidelines of a party function in southern Kulgam district.
The PDP president also said the Centre should allow Malik’swife and his daughter, who are in Pakistan, to meet him.
“When (parliament attack convict) Afzal Guru was hanged, hisfamily was not allowed to meet him. Malik is ill, so it is the Government ofIndia’s duty to let his wife and daughter meet him,” she said.
Malik’s wife MushaalMallick had on Sunday said she would travel to India to meet her ailing husband.