Overview

• Shah was transferred to Safdarjung Hospital on June 26 after developing lower urinary tract symptoms and admitted for further evaluation.
• A Tihar Jail spokesperson said all of Shah’s test results have returned normal and that he is receiving appropriate medical treatment.
• Sehar Shabir posted on X that her father, who is battling prostate cancer, deserves to be treated with dignity and accused authorities of neglect.
• Shah was arrested in 2017 in an alleged terror funding case and has spent 38 years in custody without a conviction, with a transfer to Tihar in 2023.
• Politicians including Mehbooba Mufti and Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi have urged Home Minister Amit Shah to secure cancer care facilities and involve Shah’s family in medical decisions.