Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir charged family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for raising anti-India slogans and wrapping his body in the Pakistani flag, officials said Sunday.
SRINAGAR, India — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir opened a case against family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for allegedly raising anti-India slogans and wrapping his body in the Pakistani flag, officials said Sunday.at age 91, was the emblem of Kashmir’s defiance against New Delhi and had been under house arrest for years.
Police said they registered a case against unspecified family members and some others Saturday and began probing the case under the Unlawful Activities Act. They have not yet been taken into custody. Critics say such police cases are sometimes brought to silence or intimidate opposing voices. India describes the armed rebellion as Islamabad’s proxy war and state-sponsored terrorism. Most Muslim Kashmiris consider it a legitimate freedom struggle and support the rebel goal that the territory be united, either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country.
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