Jailed Kashmiri Separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah, Son-in-law of Hurriyat Leader Geelani, Dies of Cancer at AIIMS Delhi
News 18Altaf Ahmed Shah, jailed Kashmiri separatist and son in law of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, passed away on Tuesday morning at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, amid allegations from the family that he was not provided medical help in time. Four days back, Ruwa Shah had put out a tweet asking government to shift him to AIIMS from Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, saying the acute renal cancer was spreading to other body parts in his body. It is my whole family’s request to please allow us to see him and consider his bail application on health grounds @HMOIndia @PMOIndia— Ruwa Shah September 30, 2022 According to his daughter, Shah was diagnosed with renal cancer that spread to other parts of his body, and was shifted to Delhi’s RML hospital that had no oncology department. Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, the son-in-law of the late Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, died of cancer at the AIIMS here early Tuesday, days after he was taken to the hospital from the Tihar Jail on the orders of Delhi High Court.