Indian Controlled Kashmir Chief Minister Passes Away

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - JANUARY 07: Indian policemen give guard of honor to the coffin bearing the body of pro Indian Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed during his funeral, on January 07, 2016 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, India. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, a pro Indian politician of Indian administered Kashmir, served twice as the Chief Minister of strife torn Jammu and Kashmir; for three years from November 2002 till November 2005 and then again from March 2015 until his death in January 2016. Mufti died on Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, where he remained admitted for 14 days. His daughter Mehbooba Mufti is set to take over as Chief Minister . Sayeed was also Home Minister of Indian government from December 1989 to November 1990. He founded the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party, in July 1999. He died on 7 January 2016 at , Delhi due to multiple organ failure. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)