In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Chairman of Ittihadul Musilmeen, Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari passed away on Tuesday after a prolonged illness in Srinagar.

Abbas Ansari spent years behind bars for his relentless struggle for liberation of Kashmiris from Indian yoke.

His funeral prayer will be held after Zuhr prayer today and will be laid to rest in Babamazaar Zadibal in Srinagar.