Clean chit for Omar: NC worker had heart attack
October 03, 2011  17:53

J&K custody death: Jammu and Kashmir home secretary says a post-mortem has revealed that Syed Mohammed Yousuf died because of a heart attack. No external injuries were found on his body. Yousuf, a NC worker from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, died on September 29 allegedly in police custody after two fellow party workers had accused him of taking a Rs 1.18 crore from them for getting them berths in the Legislative Council.

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for the day over the issue. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he had "no hesitation" in presenting himself before a judicial inquiry that is to go into the death of Yousuf.

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