: Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dies at 92 #IndiaNEWS Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani died in his home in Srinagar on Wednesday night. Under house arrest

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Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dies at 92 #IndiaNEWS
Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani died in his home in Srinagar on Wednesday night. Under house arrest since 2008, the 92-year-old politician had been unwell for several months.The funeral took place on Thursday amid tight security, The Caravan reported. Only close relatives and neighbours of the separatist leader were allowed to attend his last rites, according to the Hindustan Times. All the roads leading towards the graveyard in Hyderpora have been sealed.The politician’s son Naseem Geelani alleged that the police did not allow the family to bury the separatist leader at the main martyrs’ graveyard in Srinagar. “They snatched his body and forcibly buried him,�? he told AP. “Nobody from the family was present for his burial. We tried to resist but they overpowered us and even scuffled with women.�?Since the early 1960s, Geelani campaigned for Jammu and Kashmir to be merged with Pakistan. He was opposed to talks with the Indian government for years.Geelani had also been a part of the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference since the 1990s. He broke away to form his own faction, the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, in 2003. He quit as chairperson of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat in June 2020, eight months after the Centre scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and...Read more

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