Hemant Kumar Lohia, the director general of police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir Prisons Department, was found dead at his friend’s residence on Monday. While the police have launched an investigation into the incident, there were suspicions that he was murdered.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said that the household help was missing, and the authorities were searching for him at the moment.
Director General Prisons H K Lohia himself kicked start "Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav" by donating blood at Central Jail Srinagar. This blood donation campaign is started on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jailed Since July 2020, Hurriyat Leader Ashraf Sehrai Dies in Preventive Custody
Three petitions that his family had filed at the J&K high court, seeking better treatment for him, did not come up for hearing.
Ashraf Sehrai. Photo: Author provided.
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Srinagar: Detained since July 2020, Kashmiri separatist leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Muhammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai passed away at a government hospital in Jammu on Wednesday, May 5. He was 78.
Popular as ‘Sehrai’, the leader was shifted to the hospital after he complained of breathlessness in Udhampur jail, where he has been since July 12, 2020 under the Public Safety Act.
Sehraiâs son Raashid said he called home 10 days ago and said, âI am ill, have grown weak, feel dizzy and cannot move. The jail authorities are not providing me any treatment.”