Says Naeem being repeatedly questioned, ‘mentally tortured’
Srinagar, Sep 21 : Hurriyat (G) on Wednesday expressed its serious concern over the continuous harassment of family members of its chairman Syed Ali Geelani and said that such cowardice tactics are highly condemnable.
In a statement issued to KNS, Hurriyat (G) said that Dr. Nayeem Geelani, elder son of Syed Ali Geelani is being repeatedly questioned and mentally tortured for the last couple of days in police stations and Cargo.
Hurriyat (G) said that Dr Nayeem Geelani is already suffering from cardiac ailment and in year 2009 had a massive heart attack after which he has under gone angioplasty with two stents in his heart and since then he is under constant medical supervision. “Being a patient, Dr Nayeem needs repeated investigations and angiography after intervals. On September 20, after returning from Cargo he complain of chest pain and was rushed for medical checkup, where physicians attending him advised some emergency medicines and complete rest,” the statement reads.
It is pertinent to mention here that persistent stress and mental agony far the last few days has affected his health badly.
“Meanwhile last night a large contingent of CRPF personnel cordoned off the residence of Syed Ali Geelani. They are keeping a close vigil on the visitors including family members,” Hurriyat (G) said.
They said that Geelani is 86-year-old and suffering from multiple ailments and need care and assistance of his family.
Hurriyat (G) said that it is highly condemnable that despite tall claims of being a great democracy, and their rhetoric about battle of ideas, they instead of facing him on politically, they have caged him in his house for last 6 years.
They said that authorities are afraid of his popularity among masses and they know that Geelani is a crowed puller but they in order to defame the resistance movement are hell-bent to give bad name to ongoing freedom struggle. “They, with the help few of their miscreants, try to sabotage the peaceful programs to give them violent and anti-national colour so that they can hoodwink world opinion and justify the use of their brute force against us,” they said.
Hurriyat said despite all their mockery they have failed to calm down the Azadi slogans in the valley. (KNS)