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The police “snatched” his father’s body after the family sought time till 10 a.m. Thursday, so that their close relatives who could not reach their place yet, could join the namaz-e-janaza and be present at the burial, Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s son Dr. Nayeem Geelani said, as per The Asian Age.
Nayeem reportedly said that the senior Hurriyat leader had expressed the desire to be buried at Srinagar’s Idgah Mazaar-e-Shohada or the martyrs’ cemetery but as per The Asian Age, the authorities refused and told that family that they wanted Geelani to be laid to rest at the nearby Muslim cemetery “within one hour.”
Dr. Nayeem also alleged that the police authorities then snatched his the veteran leader’s body and forcibly buried him after pushing and overpowering the family members and even scuffling with the women.
The younger brother Dr. Naseem Geelani was quoted by The Asian Age as saying, “Nobody from the family was present for his burial. We don’t know who gave him the gussal (last bath), who offered namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayer) for him and who buried him. We saw Abba Jan’s grave only at 10 am and offered fateha.”