New Delhi, Jan 7: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died on Thursday morning after he was flown to AIIMS on December 24 and later shifted to the ICU in a critical state.
Mufti Mohammad Sayees expired at AIIMS early morning.
The 79-year-old leader who founded the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been admitted to the premier hospital in Delhi with complaints of severe fever and neck pain.
Sayeed was suffering from a non-specific systemic infection, with the exact cause of the infection not being known. He had a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a progressive lung disease. Sayeed was being administered prophylactic antibiotics and anti-fungal drugs.
