Jailed Since July 2020, Hurriyat Leader Ashraf Sehrai Dies in Preventive Custody Three petitions that his family had filed at the J&K high court, seeking better treatment for him, did not come up for hearing. Ashraf Sehrai. Photo: Author provided. Rights14 hours ago Srinagar: Detained since July 2020, Kashmiri separatist leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Muhammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai passed away at a government hospital in Jammu on Wednesday, May 5. He was 78. Popular as ‘Sehrai’, the leader was shifted to the hospital after he complained of breathlessness in Udhampur jail, where he has been since July 12, 2020 under the Public Safety Act. Sehraiâs son Raashid said he called home 10 days ago and said, âI am ill, have grown weak, feel dizzy and cannot move. The jail authorities are not providing me any treatment.”