[3] A year later, after the National Conference had been reduced to a minority after a split, Itoo was removed as speaker on 31 July 1984.

His house in Kashmir was twice grenaded and so he moved his family, consisting of his wife Sitara and five daughters, back to Jammu.

[1] Itoo was one of few Conference politicians who were willing to actively work in public despite the threats to their lives: six legislators were assassinated between 1989 and 1992, while militants opened fire on crowds and bombed civilians in early 1994.

[4][5] After a condolence meeting was held in Jammu, attended by internal security minister Rajesh Pilot, his body was flown to Awantipora for a burial.

Itoo's second daughter Sakina, who was studying to become a doctor at the time of his death, became a politician and minister for the National Conference.