Ganderbal, Apr 19 (KNS): Daughter of senior National Conference (NC) leader and former MLA Kangan Main Altaf passed away Friday evening after prolonged illness at SKIMS Soura in Srinagar.

According to reports, 35 year old Benazir Altaf daughter of Mian Altaf Ahmad was admitted at SKIMS Soura a day ago for treatment of blood cancer where she breathed her last today evening.

According to sources close to Mian family she was under treatment since last year at Mumbai and was brought to Babanagri last week.

A mother of two kids, she was elder daughter of Main Altaf and was married at Rajouri.

Reports said the body of the deceased was taken to Babanagri Kangan from SKIMS.

Her nimaz-e-jinazah will be held tomorrow on Saturday (April 20) at Babanagri Kangan and she will be laid to rest at her ancestral graveyard at Babanagri.

Meanwhile, Editor-in-Chief Kashmir News Service (KNS) Mohammad Aslam Bhat has condoled the demise of daughter or Mian Altaf. Bhat prayed for the peace of the departed soul and conveyed heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family (KNS)