Jammu and Kashmir CM is dead

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed passed away here on Thursday, 14 days after he was hospitalised, hospital and family sources said.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said he breathed his last at 9.10 a.m.

"We tried to revive him but failed to," an AIIMS spokesperson told IANS.

Family sources in Srinagar toLd IANS that the death occurred due to multiple organ failure.