ISLAMABAD: Detained Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik is said to be in critical condition after he was given a wrong injection at a clinic in Srinagar.

Rehana Hussain Malik, Yasin Malik’s mother-in-law, told Dawn on Sunday that her daughter Mashaal fell sick soon after learning of Yasin Malik’s plight and she was currently recovering at a private hospital in Islamabad.

The Kashmiri leader’s life hangs in the balance since he was shifted to the Joint Interrogation Centre in Srinagar last week.

The latest information from occupied valley indicates that the JKLF leader was not well after being administered a wrong injection at a private clinic.

Ms Rehana Malik urged the United Nations and the international community to intervene and have her son-in-law shifted abroad for proper medical treatment.

She told Dawn that events took an unfortunate turn on Friday, but information only reached them over the weekend because of curfew and other restrictions on information in the occupied valley.

“On Saturday, Mashaal succeeded in contacting her mother-in-law and came to know that Yasin was in critical condition. Instead of taking him to a hospital, Indian forces shifted him to a private clinic and gave him the wrong injection, after which his condition worsened,” she said.

“Yasin Malik’s mother was crying and saying that he might die. According to her, Yasin’s arm has swollen severely and a blood vessel has burst. Yasin is also a heart patient and has been suffering from severe kidney pain as well,” she said.

“We have learnt that Yasin is very weak and he needs treatment in a proper hospital, which is impossible in India. We request the international community to play its role to have him shifted to some other country, such as the United States, for life-saving treatment,” she said.

Mashaal Malik had told journalists at a press conference on Oct 1 that her husband had been languishing in prison since the killing of Kashmiri freedom fighter Burhan Wani.

Published in Dawn October 24th, 2016