Founder and Chairman of Ittihadul Muslimeen, Abbas Ansari passes away

Srinagar, Oct 25 : The founder and chairman of Ittihadul Musilmeen, Mohammad Abbas Ansari, passed away following a prolonged illness at his home in Khankhai Subah Nawakadal in Srinagar.

Family Sources said that Abbas Ansari’s health deteriorated over a couple of days after not being well for long.

They said that today morning he breathed his last at his residence in Nawakadal area.

They said that his funeral will be held after Zuhr prayers and he will be laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Babamazaar Zadibal.

Notably, Ansari was admitted to SKIMS Soura recently as he was not keeping well for long. National Conference president and MP Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Apni Party president, Mohammad Altaf Bukhari had visited him to enquire about his health.

Ansari was also the ex-chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and was considered a moderate separatist leader—(KNO)