Family of Hurriyat leader urge the Indian army to shift him from Tihar to IOK jail.

ISLAMABAD -- The family of illegally detained ailing Hurriyat leader, Shahid-ul-lslam, has urged the Indian authorities to shift him from New Delhi's Tihar jail to the Kashmir Valley to save him from getting affected with the Corona-virus.

According to reporter the family members of the detained leader in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Shahid-ul-lslam was diabetic and had not been feeling well at Tihar jail.

They said that spread of COVID-19 inside the prison had made his life even vulnerable to the deadly infection as several inmates were infected with the virus.

'We have learnt from reliable quarters that one inmate at Tihar has already died of corona-virus,' the family members said.

'On one side, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are unable to visit him...