J&K Police file FIR against unidentified persons over video of Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Srinagar: The cyber wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday registered an FIR against unidentified persons for posting a video of the late separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on social media, alleging that it promotes separatist ideology and public disaffection.

The case was registered a day after People's Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti, shared an old video of Geelani, in which he urged people to learn Urdu language to preserve their cultural and religious heritage. Mufti had also alleged that the Omar Abdullah led National Conference government was erasing Urdu systematically as they issued orders removing Urdu in the digitisation process of the revenue records as well as removing it as a criteria for the recruitment examination of Patwaris and Naib Tehsildars. Soon after Mufti shared Geelani's video, some members of the BJP and other activists called her out for "selective use of Geelani's videos" and complained that "if a common man had done this, police would have taken action."

On Thursday morning, police informed that "acting upon credible inputs regarding circulation and dissemination of content (videos) across digital and social media platforms, promoting separatist ideology and propagating false information, with an intent to incite unlawful activities prejudicial to the peace, sovereignty and integrity of India, Srinagar police has registered a case against certain individuals in this matter," the police officials informed.