Jammu Kashmir
Videos show separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani's body wrapped in Pak flag; J&K Police registers case
Srinagar/IBNS: Several videos have surfaced showing the body of separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani wrapped in the Pakistani flag before Jammu and Kashmir Police took custody and gave him a quiet burial, according to media reports.
The police have registered a case under the strict anti-terror law - Unlawful Activities Prevention Act or UAPA, according to an NDTV report.
The 92-year-old pro-Pakistan separatist passed away on Wednesday evening.
A curfew was clamped and broadband and internet connections were suspended to maintain calm and prevent untoward incidents.
The NDTV report said that the videos surfaced after broadband internet and phone services were restored in Kashmir last night.
The hardline separatist was given a low-key burial before dawn on Thursday, the report informed.
Geelani's family has alleged that his body was taken away forcibly by the police and they were not allowed to participate in the last rites.
"FIR has been registered into all anti-national activities," said Dilbag Singh, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Dilbagh Singh, director general of Jammu and Kashmir police, said that some people at the separatist's home misbehaved with a Senior Superintendent of Police and other policemen.
"We never expected such unruly behaviour by the family and other people at Geelani's house especially since the police was in regular touch with the family and Geelani Sahab. In fact, Geelani Sahab gifted a book to one of our officers when he visited him last week," said Singh, reported NDTV.
There was a lot of anti-national sloganeering and their attempts to instigate people by using social media and phone calls, he added.
Police said that some members of the separatist's family attended the burial at a burial ground near his residence at Hyderpora on Srinagar airport road.
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