Srinagar, June 20 -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday urged the Union government to allow the presence of the family of incarcerated separatist leader Shabir Shah during his treatment for cancer in Tihar jail, on humanitarian grounds.

The former chief minister of J&K took to social networking site X to inform about Shah's illness, who has been in incarceration since 2017.

"Shabir Shah, incarcerated in Tihar Jail for a considerable period, is reportedly suffering from prostate cancer and is in urgent need of surgery. Deeply unfortunate that the courts have barred his family from being present during his treatment," Mufti said.

She urged for the intervention of the Union home department. "Appeal the hom...