Mushaal Hussein Mullick, wife of Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik, will become a minister in the Pakistan government
Yasin Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment last year on terror funding charges and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought the death penalty for him.
Yasin Malik, who is in jail following his conviction and life sentence in a terror funding case, was brought to the high-security apex court premises in a prison van escorted by armed security personnel without the court's permission.
Malik, who is jailed for his conviction in a terror funding case, was brought to the high-security Supreme Court premises in a prison van, escorted by armed security personnel, without the court’s permission.
On August 9, a bench composed of Justices Talwant Singh and Siddharth Mridul also issued warrants for Malik's appearance before it.
Mehbooba Mufti remarks came a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) called for Yasin Malik, who was given a life sentence by a Delhi court in a terror funding case last year, to be executed.
Yasin Malik, who is serving life imprisonment in Tihar Jail in a terror funding case, is an accused in this case along with others.
JKLF chief Yasin Malik is one of accused in Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case. She was abducted from near Lal Ded Hospital on December 8, 1989.
Yasin Malik news: Yasin Malik was admitted to Delhi's RML Hospital on July 26, following a fluctuation in blood pressure due to the hunger strike. He was discharged on July 29
Yasin Malik was given intravenous fluids as he is on a hunger strike for since July 22 in Delhi's Tihar Jail after the Centre did not respond to his plea.
Yasin Malik news: Yasin Malik began his protest when he received no information from the government on his plea to shift him to any prison in Jammu.
Top Delhi police and jail officials huddled for several intense meetings and spoke with Yasin Malik but he has refused to end his strike.
1989 kidnapping case: In her statement, Rubaiya Sayeed identified four accused including Yasin Malik, informed Monica Kohli, CBI lawyer.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik, a separatist from Jammu and Kashmir, in a terror funding case.
"He is already in jail no.7 and will continue there presently. He is alone in his cell," Director General (Prisons), Sandeep Goyal said.
Special Judge Praveen Singh also dismissed Malik's contention that he gave up the gun in 1994 and, thereafter, he was recognized as a legitimate political player, observing that “in my opinion, there was no reformation of this convict.”
Yasin Malik told the court he had met all the prime ministers since the time of V P Singh till Atal Bihari Vajpayee who engaged with him and gave him a political platform.
Besides the life term, Special Judge Praveen Singh awarded varying jail terms for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code to Yasin Malik, the chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). All the sentences will run concurrently.
The quantum of punishment for the offences in the terror funding case, was pronounced amid tight security at the Patiala House Court. During the course of the hearing, Malik said: "I will not beg for anything. The case is before this court and I leave it on the court to decide it."
The probing agency had demanded court to award the death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in a terror funding case last week.
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