PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has hit out at the Centre for registering an FIR over the draping of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s body in a Pakistani flag.
The Budgam Police registered the FIR against unnamed people under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code, taking cognisance of a video clip which showed Geelani’s body draped in a Pakistani flag.
However, as the police moved in to take over the body, the late separatist leader’s aides removed the flag.
Criticising the filing of the FIR, Mehbooba tweeted, “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.”
