Srinagar, June 21 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and People's Conference chief Sajjad Gani Lone have made passionate appeals to the central government and Lieutenant Governor's office to extend humanitarian support to incarcerated separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, who is reportedly battling life-threatening ailments in Tihar Jail.
Shah, who has been under detention for several years, is said to be suffering from prostate cancer and is in urgent need of surgery.
Sajjad Lone, in an appeal on social media, said, "Shabir Shah Sahib is very, very ill. He is suffering from life-threatening ailments which require urgent medical intervention, possibly surgery. He is more than 75. I may not agree with his political id...