Terrorist Yasin Malik On Hunger Strike Inside Tihar Jail: Report

New Delhi:

Chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Entrance (JKLF), Yasin Malik, who’s serving life time period for instances together with funding terrorism, has begun a starvation strike inside Tihar’s jail, jail officers stated on Saturday.

Malik, who’s lodged in jail quantity 7 of the Tihar jail has alleged that his case just isn’t being investigated correctly as he commenced his starvation strike on July 22..

Malik, who was arrested shortly after the JKLF was banned in 2019 was on Could 19 this 12 months convicted by an NIA court docket in terror funding instances and sentenced to life imprisonment on Could 25.

The NIA court docket whereas sentencing Malik to life time period additionally imposed on him a wonderful of Rs 10 lakh. He advised the court docket that he didn’t contest the costs introduced towards him.

On July 15 this 12 months, Rubaiya Sayeed, the sister of Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed recognized Malik in connection together with her kidnapping by JKLF militants on December 8, 1989.

Rubaiya was kidnapped in Srinagar on December 8, 1989 and free of captivity after 5 days on December 13 after the then V P Singh authorities on the Centre, launched 5 terrorists in change.

Malik is an accused on this case together with others.

The 56-year-old separatist chief has requested to bodily seem when a court docket in Jammu hears the case on August 23.

Other than the Rubaiya Sayeed abduction case, Malik can be going through prices within the case of the gunning down of 4 Indian Air Pressure (IAF) officers in January 1990 in Srinagar.

Malik has moved an utility with the central authorities asking for private look on this case too.

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