Pakistan’s Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, its Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi has written to United Nations seeking investigation into the death of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Shehryar Khan Afridi wrote letters to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and high commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Michelle Jeria, calling for an impartial but immediate UN investigation into the desecration of Geelani’s body and registration of criminal cases against his family members.
Member of the committee Senator Sarfraz Bugti besides Hurriyat Conference leaders Faiz Naqshbandi and Farooq Rehmani were also present on the occasion.
“Hurriyat leaders are being killed in custody by the illegal occupational regime of India in Jammu and Kashmir. Had the UN investigated the custodial murder of Ashraf Khan Sehrai, Geelani’s life could have been saved. Now we fear that other imprisoned Kashmiri leaders including the new APHC chief Massarat Alam Bhat, Syed Shabbir Shah, Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi, Dr Qasim Faktu and others may also be killed the same way,” he said.
J&K police were accused of snatching Geelani’s body from his family members, hours after he died and deprived the bereaved family their right to hold a funeral.
However J&K police later uploaded videos on Twitter showcasing that they allowed proper burial rights to the deceased Hurriyat leader.
(Sources: various)
