Srinagar/ May, 5 : Chairman Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai who was facing detention under Public safety Act (PSA) passed away after a brief illness at GMC in Jammu.
Sehrai who was admitted at GMC in Jammu on Tuesday this week after his health started deteriorating at Kot Bhalwal jail, where he was facing detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) passed away Wednesday afternoon, his son Muhajid Sehrai said.
Sehrai was born in 1944 in Tekipora village of Lolab Valley in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Sehrai completed his primary education in his hometown Tekipora and secondary education from Sogam Lolab High School in 1959. After clearing secondary examination, he moved to Uttar Pradesh where he did Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University.