Sopore: Former Hurriyat leader Prof Abdul Gani Bhat passed away on Wednesday evening at his residence in North Kashmir’s Sopore.
Family sources confirmed to news agency JKNS that Bhat, a resident of Botingoo Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, breathed his last at his residence after a brief illness.
A prominent political figure, he remained active in Kashmir’s separatist politics for several decades.
According to the family, details regarding his funeral prayers will be announced later.
He co-founded the Muslim United Front (MUF) in 1986, later served as chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), a coalition of separatist groups formed in 1993, and was president of the Muslim Conference, Jammu and Kashmir (MCJK), a banned political faction by the government of India. (JKNS)
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