Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 1: Police today attached the headquarters of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, which was founded by late separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani over two decades ago.
The office has been attached under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in an FIR registered at the Budgam police station last year.
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“In a major action against secessionist and terrorist networks, Budgam police have attached the head office of the banned organisation Tehreek-e-Hurriyat at Rehmatabad, Hyderpora, under Section 25 of the UAPA,” the police said.
“The attached property comprises a three-storey building, which was being used as the office of the banned outfit.”
The Tehreek-e-Hurriyat was founded by Geelani in 2004 after he parted ways from his parent organisation, the Jamaat-e-Islami. In 2023, it was banned by the Centre as an unlawful organisation.
The head office of the organisation was housed inside the premises of Geelani’s residence at Rehmatabad in Srinagar’s Hyderpora.
After the passing of Geelani and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai – the latter died inside a jail in Jammu in 2022 – and its ban in 2023, the separatist organisation was virtually defunct.
Most of the top and second-rung leadership of the outfit is in jail. Police said they will continue to take strict measures against individuals and organisations engaged in activities detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of the nation.
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