Jail officials said on Tuesday that Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who has been on hunger strike in Tihar Jail since July 22, is being given intravenous fluids. He said doctors were regularly monitoring Malik’s health.
Malik, 56, who heads the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), began his indefinite hunger strike on Friday morning after the Center responded to his plea to physically appear in a Jammu court hearing Rubaiya Saeed. not given. kidnapping case in which he is an accused.
Malik was kept in solitary confinement in a high-risk cell in Tihar’s Jail No. He has been shifted to the Medical Examination (MI) cell of the jail, where doctors are continuously monitoring his health condition and updating the authorities about the same. He is serving a life sentence in a terror funding case.
“On Friday morning, Malik refused to eat anything. He is still on hunger strike and his health is being regularly monitored by doctors. He is being given intravenous fluids since Sunday,” said an official.