Valley Bar chief suffers heart attack in Agra jail
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, January 29
Jailed president of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) Main Qayoom suffered a heart attack in Agra jail on Wednesday.
“As per information received from the family members, Mian Abdul Qayoom, president of the Bar Association, Srinagar, has suffered a heart attack at the Central Jail, Agra, and has been shifted to a local hospital for treatment,” said JKHCBA in a statement issued on Wednesday evening.
The association has convened an emergency meeting of its members on the High Court premises at 11 am on Thursday to discuss the issue.
The authorities had slapped Public Safety Act against Qayoom and sent him to Agra jail. Under the PSA, a person can be detained up to a year without any trial.
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