India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved Delhi High Court, seeking the death penalty for Jammu Kashmir Liberation (JKL) Front chief Chief Yasin Malik.

The hearing is due on Monday.

Following the news, Yasin’s wife Mushaal, said in a tweet, “Modi wants to hang my husband but I’m afraid Modi’s actually hanging his entire political career down the drain. Don’t think this Will ever silence us”.

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Modi regime’s #NIA move in Delhi High Court seeking a death sentence against my jailed husband ,Kashmiri Hurriyat leader JKLF Chief Mohammad Yasin Malik , who was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment in a concocted case on 25th May 2022. Loosing… pic.twitter.com/ifMZHLbjRA

— Mushaal Hussein Mullick (@MushaalMullick) May 26, 2023

Yasin was arrested in 2018, months before New Delhi cancelled the held state’s special status of Kashmir on August 5, 2019.

Last year, Malik pleaded guilty for funding the separatist movement. He was then sentenced to life imprisonment and is currently serving time in jail.