Srinagar, July 15 -- Veteran National Conference (NC) leader Mustafa Kamal, 83, and brother of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, a party leader said.

Kamal, NC's additional general secretary, breathed his last at a private hospital here around 5 pm, the party leader said.

"My father's younger brother Dr Mustafa Kamal passed away earlier this evening at Paras hospital in Srinagar. Uncle Mustafa had been unwell for some months but took a turn for the worse 4 days ago. He put up a brave fight holding on against the odds. The doctors & staff treating him were amazing but Allah called him for his final journey. May Allah grant uncle Mustafa the highest place in Jannat," the chi...