Srinagar, Aug 19: The grandson of Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, is in police custody for the past 19 days.
 Reports said police arrested Geelani’s grandson Ahtisamul-Haq Geelani son of Zahoor-ul-Haq Geelani on July 31 near his residence at Bagh-e-Mehtab here during protests over the civilian killings.
 The family sources said though the other youth arrested along with Ahtisam were released, however he has been implicated in frivolous cases. “I had gone to meet my son at the Sadder Police Station. The policemen there told me that if I wanted to save him from PSA, I will have to talk with a senior police officer over phone. I categorically refuted and told the policemen that even if my son was kept behind bars for seven years, I won’t talk to any officer for his release,” Zahoor-ul-Haq said.    
 He said after this, the police not only booked his son in stone pelting but attempt to murder case. “He has been severely tortured in custody,” the family alleged.

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