SRINAGAR: (Jun 25) National Conference leader and Lok Sabha member Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah to provide medical treatment “with dignity and fairness” to ailing separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, who is lodged in Tihar Jail.
“I write to you with concern regarding the condition of an elderly detainee whose life now hangs in the balance. Shabir Ahmad Shah is now 70 years old.
“By every humane and legal standard, he is entitled to medical treatment with dignity and fairness,” Mehdi said in his letter to the Union home minister. PTI
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