Hurriyat leader Naeem Khan was today suspended from Hurriyat after an expose showed him admitting on camera that he had received funding from across the border to stoke unrest in Kashmir Valley.
Not just Naeem Khan, Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani even suspended the National Front led by him from the separatist organisation. This even as Khan continued to allege that the sting video was 'doctored'.
NIA is now questioning Naeem Khan and Ghazi Javed Baba and have been asked to produce certain documents for examination.
Khan had been unavailable for comment after the India Today sting operation on May 15. In the expose, separatists Khan and Farooq Dar alias Bitta Karate had confessed to receiving money from Pakistan-based terror groups.
The Hurriyat had called for an emergency meeting today and summoned Naeem Khan, seeking his clarification on the remark that had exposed the separatists and left the rank and file of the Hurriyat rattled.
HURRIYAT STATEMENT ON NAEEM KHAN
A spokesperson of the separatist group said, "Using his special powers (according to Hurriyat constitution), Geelani today suspended the National Front from the basic membership of the Hurriyat Conference until the clarification of all the related issues comes to the fore."
"Even though (Nayeem) Khan has raised questions over the veracity of the said clip (aired by India Today), his membership will remain suspended and the suspension will come into force with immediate effect in Srinagar and PoK chapter of Hurriyat. It is my moral duty and as a supreme head of the forum, I am obliged to fulfil my assigned duties," the spokesman quoted Geelani as having said.
The Hurriyat also hit out at the media for their "partial and biased reporting". "The media is promoting colonial mindset and is hellbent on bringing a bad name to our leadership and defaming the ongoing freedom struggle," the spokesperson said.
Khan called the expose a fabricated story and said that he wasn't accountable to the Indian media. "The video is doctored, simulated and a collage of bits and pieces. It does not have a shred of credibility. The agenda of the media is to defame the Kashmir struggle and pro-freedom leadership," Khan was quoted as saying.
2016 UNREST IN VALLEY NOT INSTIGATED BY PAKISTAN: GEELANI
Geelani said that the 2016 unrest in the Kashmir Valley triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in an encounter with the security forces was "neither pre-planned nor instigated by Pakistan."
"It was a spontaneous reaction from people after the martyrdom of (Hizbul Mujahideen) commander Burhan (Wani) and during the five-month-long uprising, people braved pellets and bullets. They were massacred and scores of youths sacrificed their eyesight. Our people are not doing all this just for fun. It is a sacred sentiment and passion that people follow", he said.
"We need resources to combat the military might of India. Mostly we raise all funds from local sources to pursue our movement," he added.
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