Charge-sheet against Hurriyat leaders ‘fake’: Geelani

Srinagar, Mar 26: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Monday said that the charge sheet filed by the NIA against Shabir Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmed Shah, Peer Saifullah, Ayaz Akbar, Raja Meraj-u-Din, Shahid-ul-Islam, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Zahoor Ahmed Watali, Shahid Yusuf and Mohammad Aslam Wani and witnesses listed in the case are “false and fake”.
“It is an extreme irrational that instead of citing any proof the NIA is relying on social media reports and self-made long list of more than 332 witnesses to prolong their detention,” Geelani said in a statement.
He added that the “entire NIA exercise as political vendetta”.
“The judiciary failed to deliver justice,” said Geelani, saying, scores of youth are “languishing in jails since long and after serving jail term even for decades were declared innocent, when executive failed to produce any substantial proof against these”.
Reacting sharply over the reports of intimidations and ill treatment meted out to those detained in Tihar, Geelani said that they are “subjected to physical and mental torture by jail authorities”.
Geelani while appealing international community to take cognizance of arbitrary measures adopted by New Delhi impressed to intervene and rescue detainees from the political vendetta.
Meanwhile, Geelani, while paying tributes to Advocate Jalil Andrabi on his martyrdom anniversary, said that forces killed “this legend in broad day light”.
“He was a great advocate for Human rights,” said Geelani and added that he laid his precious life for a sacred cause and their mission would be accomplished at all costs.