Prominent Hurriyat leader and vice chairman Jammu and Kashmir National Front Altaf Hussain Wani has paid rich tributes to Shaheed Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on his martyrdom anniversary.

In a statement, he said that the martyred leader was an embodiment of freedom struggle who lived and died for a noble cause.

He said Ashraf Sehrai was a great freedom fighter and a strong proponent of Kashmiris’ right to self determination.

Terming Sehrai’s sudden death in prison as a clear case of custodial killing, the APHC leader said that BJP-led Modi governments has been using illegal detentions as a tool to suppress political dissent in Kashmir.