Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Shah was allowed to meet his family for 18 minutes at Tihar Jail, in Delhi on Thursday.
The spokesman said that Shah’s wife was accompanied by her elder daughter who after seeing the condition of her jailed father fell down and was hardly brought out of the jail premises. Shabir Shah has lost tremendous weight while in his 6 by 8 cell, having visible dark circles around his eyes. He is not able to stand properly because of weakness and Backache. He gets frequent fainting attacks.
As per the medical records he has been diagnosed with severe Heart ailment Block in arteries. But the Irony is Shah was already having multiple ailments and we were, again and again, pressing hard for his treatment but all went to deaf ears as Shah was not even allowed to take his regular medicines and now as his health started deteriorating further it still took jail authorities around 5 months to make the diagnoses. He has been diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus/ Hypertension/with a Severe Heart ailment and is undergoing various Tests like HUTT/ Holter/ Stress Thallium Scan at Safdarjung Hospital.
Shabir Shah has multiple Heart Blocks for which he will require Angiography followed by Angioplasty. But nothing has been done till date. All these tests and diagnosis took the jail authorities months together though all tests were supposed to be of emergency nature. Medical reports provided by Shabir Shah clearly say that expert doctors have advised immediate treatment of the jailed leader.
Though Shah Sahab is seriously unwell the family said his morale is very high. As per the family, Shabir Shah said “31 years in jail could not break or weaken my resolve for freedom of Kashmir. I am as strong as I was in 1968 when I was first imprisoned at the age of 12.”
We had time and again warned the authorities in New Delhi and here also that Shah needs immediate treatment. Shabir Shah was already suffering from many ailments when he was kidnapped from Srinagar to Delhi. Though Shabir Shah is a firm believer of political resistance, however, he is being punished by the political leadership of India. Now when his health condition has further deteriorated and has endangered his life, we stress upon the human rights organizations to come to the rescue of the “Prisoner of Conscience” before it is too late. We further warn New Delhi and its local agents of dire consequences if anything happened to our beloved leader.
Last but not the least Freedom Party is saddened by the killing of a minor boy, Umar Kumhar son of Abdullah Kumhar by government forces in Turkewangam Shopian. We also condemn the use of brute force against unarmed protesters and injuring of dozens. We pray for their speedy recovery
