Jammu: Senior separatist leader and Chairman Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai passes away at Government Medical College Jammu, Sources said.

The incarcerated separatist leader was shifted from Kot Bhalwal Jail to GMC Jammu yesterday after his health deteriorated.

A doctor at GMC said that Sehrai passed away on Wednesday morning. He said Sehrai was suffering from multiple ailments.

Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai had been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to Jammu Kot Bhalwal Jail last year.