Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has strongly condemned the summoning of his other son Dr Naeem-ul-Zaffer Geelani by National Investigating Agency.
In a statement Geelani said, “We have explained our point of view in closed doors as well as in open public. I have been caged in my four walled residence for the past 9 years, not to talk of any political activity.
I have not been allowed to attend any social function also, after putting a siege around me they have targeted my family particularly two sons.
Earlier my younger son Dr Naseem Geelani was summoned by both NIA and Enforcement Directorate and now my elder son Dr Naeem has been called by NIA to Delhi.”
He said that Naeem is a heart patient under regularsupervision of doctors and psychological stress can prove fatal for him. “Ifquestioning anybody, including my son is must they can do so in the Valley,”Geelani added.
He said, ” New Delhi is harassing and intimidating my family just to pressurizeme, but these cowardly acts will yield nothing for them. In 2017 also, whenghost of NIA threatened every freedom loving person, particularly theirfamilies including common and businessman, we voluntarily offered ourselves tobe questioned by the investigating agency, but authorities didn’t dare to faceus.”
He said, “If New Delhi treat us as law breakers and want to clarify their doubt, I once again offer myself for such questioning and my past more than 50 years political career stands testimony to the fact that all the agencies, overt or covert, are well aware of my political stand.
I have been facing atrocities, curbs, jails, interrogation by the rulers for the past 7 decades. They can’t break my resolve by intimidating my family.”
GEELANI AGHAST AT CENTRAL JAIL INCIDENT
Meanwhile, Geelanicondemned the incident in Srinagar Central jail, where dozens of inmates were”thrashed.
“Kashmiris are neither safe in their houses nor outside andnow jails are also unsafe from them. Prisoners are being harassed andhumiliated for so long on one or the other pretext but now they are beingphysically harmed,” Geelani said.
He urged the world human rights bodies and prisoners rightsforums to take this issue seriously and make the culprits accountable.