Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik goes on hunger strike in Tihar jail; alleges unfair trial

Separatist leader and chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Yasin Malik, has begun a hunger strike in the Tihar jail in New Delhi, officials said on Saturday.

Malik is serving life term for cases including funding terrorism.

According to PTI sources, the Kashmiri Separatist leader alleged that he was not given a fair trial.


Malik started his hunger strike on Friday morning, reported PTI quoting a senior jail official.

He has been kept in a separate cell in jail number seven under heavy security.