The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday dismissed incarcerated separatist leader Ashiq Hussain Faktoo’s plea to reconsider his conviction and life term.
Woman activist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi’s husband Faktoo, alias Dr Mohammad Qasim, is Kashmir’s longest serving separatist leader.
He has spent more than two decades in prison so far.
He was sentenced in 2003 for the murder of human rights activist HN Wanchoo on December 5, 1992. (Agencies)