J&K: FIR over ‘separatist’ content day after Iltija shares Geelani’s video on Urdu

SRINAGAR: A time aft PDP’s Iltija Mufti posted connected X a video featuring precocious separatist person Syed Ali Geelani speaking astir Urdu, J&K Police connected Thursday registered an FIR implicit the circulation of contented “promoting separatist ideology”.The FIR was registered astatine Cyber PS against “certain individuals” was prompted by credible inputs astir “circulation and dissemination of contented crossed integer and societal media platforms, promoting separatist ideology and propagating mendacious information, with an intent to incite unlawful activities prejudicial to the peace, sovereignty and integrity of India”, a constabulary connection said.On Wednesday, Iltija posted the video, stating that she “may not concur with Geelani Sahab’s ideology but this aged video of him stressing connected the value of Urdu precise good makes consciousness successful summation to different reasons.

Worth a watch”. In the video, Geelani was heard saying that the younker were being deprived of the Urdu language. He said Urdu carries the region’s spiritual lit and a important assemblage of spiritual lit “across India, Pakistan and J&K” has been preserved successful it.

He said being deprived of Urdu means being chopped disconnected from this literature. Geelani urged radical to larn Urdu, claiming that efforts were underway to undermine the language.

Geelani died successful September 2021.A elder constabulary serviceman said the substance came to their announcement aft the video shared by Iltija was amplified online.“Preliminary enquiry indicates that the circulation of specified contented is simply a deliberate effort to propagate separatist and secessionist narratives done integer platforms. Such activities person the imaginable to incite nationalist disaffection, disturb nationalist order, and undermine nationalist integration,” the connection said.Prima facie, the accusation discloses the committee of cognisable offences punishable nether assorted sections of BNS, constabulary said. The connection advised radical to refrain from “creating, sharing, oregon circulating specified unlawful contented connected societal media and integer platforms”, informing of strict enactment against violators.A elder serviceman said it was an unfastened FIR and much names would beryllium added arsenic the probe proceeds.On Tuesday, Iltija had taken to the streets to protestation govt’s projected determination to region Urdu arsenic a mandatory connection from J&K Revenue Service Recruitment Rules, calling it an onslaught connected the region’s linguistic heritage.