SRINAGAR: Mohammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai who was in jail under Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) has passed away in GMC, Jammu. He has succeeded Syed Ali Geelani as the head of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat-e-Kashmir, a party he constituted after breaking away from Jamaat-e-Islami.
Kashmiri separatist leader Ashraf Sehrai, detained under PSA last year, dies in Jammu hospital: officials
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 5, 2021
Local news gatherer, Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) Sehrai was admitted at GMC on Tuesday afternoon after being shifted from Kot Bhalwal jail, where he was detained. He had complained of health issues. His famil had been conveyed on his hospital transfer during the day on Tuesday.
Ashraf Sehrai Sahib passes away. A long political career comes to an end. Ashraf Sahib struggled all his life. A Jamaat ideologue. When I was 19 I bumped into him and He told me Tel ur father —kitney haseen hain terey lab ki galiyan dekey bemaza na hua.May Allah grant him Jannat
— Sajad Lone (@sajadlone) May 5, 2021
It was not immediately if he was aCovid-19 patient.
And why did he have to die in incarceration and not at his home amongst his kin and loved ones. Have we become so weak that an old infirm dying person is a threat to the state. I am not being critical. But please introspect. Seharai Sahib was a political leader not a terrorist.
— Sajad Lone (@sajadlone) May 5, 2021
Seharie was arrested in July 2020 from his residence in Srinagar by the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police and was lodged at Udhampur Jail. Seharie’e son, an active militant, was killed in an encounter on May 19, 2020.
Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairperson Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai passed away at GMC hospital Jammu where he was admitted after his health deteriorated in Jail. His oxygen level had decreased to 65 this morning. RAT test for covid was negative, result for RTPCR is awaited. pic.twitter.com/RKqKhmY1Qz
— Muhammad Raafi (@MohammadRaafi) May 5, 2021
Unconfirmed reports, apparently attributed to the family, suggest he is being flown to Kashmir and would be laid to rest at Kuwara, his ancestral home. In Srinagar, the family was living in Baghat behind the SAder Police station.
