Yasin Malik kept in Tihar jail's separate cell, won't be entitled to furlough
New Delhi, May 26: Kashmiri Separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court in a terror-funding case, has been kept in a separate cell under heavy security, according to the Tihar jail authorities.
It is learnt that Yasin Mailk may not be assigned any work in Tihar jail and that he has been kept in a separate cell in jail number seven under heavy security. His security will be regularly monitored and reviewed from time to time. The life term convict will also not be entitled to any parole or furlough.
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Even before being awarded life imprisonment, Yasin Malik was kept in the separate cell where he stayed alone in jail number seven.
A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Malik in a terror-funding case, saying the crimes committed by him struck at the “heart of the idea of India” and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu & Kashmir from Union of India.
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Special Judge Praveen Singh awarded varying jail terms to Malik for offences under the stringent anti-terror law—Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the IPC, rejecting the NIA’s plea for capital punishment. According to the Supreme Court, life imprisonment means incarceration till the last breath, unless the sentence is commuted by the authorities.
-PTC News with agency inputs
