The arrest of Geelani’s confidants will not only weaken him but also influence the power struggle in the Hurriyat.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 86, who heads a faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has an uncompromising stand on Kashmir. The hard line separatist leader enjoys support among militants in Kashmir and Pakistan, and the political leadership in Delhi is mindful of his importance in the scheme of things in Kashmir.
But now, Geelani's uncompromising ways seem to have met their match. The National Investigation Agency on July 24 arrested seven Kashmiri separatists on charges of receiving funds to fuel unrest in the valley. Four of them—Altaf Ahmed Shah, Ayaz Akbar Khandey, Mehrajuddin Kalwal and Peer Saifullah—are Geelani's close aides. Altaf is his son-in-law.
Nayeem Ahmed Khan, who heads the Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Farooq Ahmed Dar, a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, and Aftab Hilali Shah, an aide of the separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, were also arrested. A day later, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Shabir Shah, head of the Democratic Freedom Party.
The NIA had registered a case on May 30 against the separatist leaders for “acting in connivance with proscribed militant organisations Hizb-ul Mujahideen, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Lashkar-eTaiba and other organisations by receiving and collecting funds through various illegal means, including ‘hawala’, for funding separatist and militancy activities in Jammu and Kashmir”.
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