ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday criticized India for filing a case against the family of late Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani for raising anti-national slogans and draping his body in a Pakistani flag.
Geelani, who opposed Indian rule in Kashmir, died after protracted illness in Srinagar last Wednesday.
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir took away his body from his residence and only allowed his close relatives to attend his funeral.
Pakistan condemned the incident, saying that Indian security forces had “snatched the mortal remains of the iconic Kashmiri leader.”
“Snatching the body of the 92 year old Syed Ali Geelani, one of the most respected & principled Kashmiri [leaders], & then registering cases against his family is just another shameful example of India’s descent into fascism under the Nazi-inspired RSS-BJP [government],” Khan said in his tweet on Sunday.
Pakistan also summoned Indian Charge d’ Affaires on Friday to protest India’s handling of Geelani’s body and funeral.
The Pakistani foreign office said in a statement it had also been conveyed to the Indian diplomat that the incident was a “blatant violation of International Humanitarian Law and all tenets of civil and human rights.”
