Syed Ali Shah Geelani leads the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, the extremist faction of the Hurriyat Convention.
New Delhi:
The Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, the extremist Hurriyat Convention faction led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, right now eliminated its signboard on the group’s head workplace at its chief’s residence in Srinagar’s Hyderpora space. The event got here amid indications that each the average and hard-line blocs of the separatist entity may quickly be banned by the Centre.
“They themselves eliminated the boards fearing motion,” a senior authorities official stated, including that the ban can be underneath Part 3 (1) of the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act. Underneath this part of the Act, if the Central authorities is of the opinion that any affiliation is, or has, change into an illegal affiliation, it could be notified as illegal.
“A proposal has been mooted as per the Centre’s coverage of zero tolerance for terrorism,” the official stated.
In June, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah requested stakeholders working in Kashmir Valley to maintain a verify on rising radicalisation. Following this, various raids have been carried out in Jammu and Kashmir by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA).
To again its case for a ban, the Centre has annexed a number of circumstances being probed by NIA associated to terror funding. Many second-rung cadres of each factions are in jail since 2017, in response to the Union Dwelling Ministry.
Amongst these are Altaf Ahmed Shah, son-in-law of Mr Geelani, together with the latter’s shut aide Ayaz Akbar — the faction’s spokesperson — businessman Zahoor Ahmed Watali, Peer Saifullah, and the average Hurriyat faction’s spokesperson Shahid-ul-Islam.
The All-Occasion Hurriyat Convention got here into existence in 1993 with 26 teams, together with some pro-Pakistan and banned outfits such because the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Entrance (JKLF), and the Dukhtaran-e-Millat. It additionally included the Individuals’s Convention and the Awami Motion Committee headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq.
The separatist group into two factions in 2005 with the moderates being led by the Mirwaiz and the hard-liners by Mr Geelani. In 2019, the Centre banned the Jamaat-e-Islami and the JKLF underneath UAPA.
The Jammu and Kashmir police just lately arrested 4 separatist leaders, together with some Hurriyat constituents, for “promoting” Pakistani MBBS seats to Kashmiri college students and utilizing that cash to help and fund terrorism.
