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Geelani’s plan to hold convention scuttled by authorities

Police was deployed along the Airport Road, blocking the entrance to Geelani's residence

Authorities on Sunday scuttled a plan of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to host a party convention. Photo: PTIPremium
Authorities on Sunday scuttled a plan of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to host a party convention. Photo: PTI

Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday scuttled a plan of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to host a party convention at his residence in Srinagar, triggering clashes between Hurriyat activists and police.

A large contingent of police was deployed along the Airport Road, blocking the entrance to Geelani’s residence at Hyderpora, where he was scheduled to address a party convention, a police official said. Irked by this, Hurriyat activists assembled at a nearby Mosque and tried to break through the police cordon, the official said.

Police used water cannon, batons and fired a few rounds of tear gas shells to disperse the protestors. There were no reports of anyone getting injured in the brief clashes, he added.

Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, at present in Delhi, for questioning in connection with a decade-old case of terror financing through “hawala channel". The summons have been sent at the south Delhi guest house where Shah, the chairman of Democratic Freedom Party of Jammu and Kashmir, has been kept after Delhi police detained him on Saturday when he landed here to meet Pakistani leadership in prelude to the now cancelled NSA-level talks, people familiar with the matter said. Shah has been summoned at the Delhi zonal office of the agency here this week, they added.

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Published: 23 Aug 2015, 04:33 PM IST
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