Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday castigated Centre for FIR over draping body of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s body in a Pakistan flag and raising ‘anti-national’ slogans after his death.
The PDP president Mufti said:"Having turned Kashmir into an open air prison, now even the dead aren't spared. A family isn't allowed to mourn & bid a final farewell as per their wishes. Booking Geelani sahab's family under UAPA shows GOI's deep rooted paranoia & ruthlessness. This is New India's Naya Kashmir."
The J&K Police has registered the FIR against unnamed people under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code, after taking cognisance of a video clip which showed Geelani's body draped in a Pakistani flag.
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However, as the police moved in to take over the body, the late separatist leader's aides removed the flag.
Geelani, 91, died Wednesday night at his residence here after a prolonged illness. The body was laid to rest at a graveyard in a nearby mosque in Srinagar’s Hyderpora. (With PTI inputs)
