Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah passes away 66

Jammu Kashmir: Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, the son-in-law of the late Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, died of Cancer at the AIIMS here early Tuesday, days after he was admitted to the hospital from the Tihar Jail on the orders of Delhi High Court.

On October 5, the Delhi High Court ordered his shifting to the AIIMS Delhi for appropriate treatment after he was stated to have been diagnosed with cancer.

He told the Court that he was receiving treatment for certain serious ailments at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) but it was recently revealed he was suffering from the last stage renal cancer.

As he claimed that RML does not have adequate facilities to treat renal cancer, he prayed he be allowed to be shifted to the AIIMS or Apollo Hospital for urgent treatment.

He passed during his treatment as informed by Shah’s daughter.