Top Jammu and Kashmir politicians, including Members of Parliament (MPs), cutting across the party lines, on Thursday sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded the immediate release of ailing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra from jail.
Meanwhile, the court has adjourned Mr. Para’s petition on quashing the FIR of the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), a wing of the J&K police, for three weeks, on Thursday.
Former MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig expressed concern over the deterioration of Mr. Para’s health inside the Central Jail, Srinagar, where he was found unconscious last week.