[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the veteran separatist leader from Indian-administered Kashmir
.jpg "Kashmir") ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir . The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, has been laid to rest as the Indian authorities crackdown on public movement and impose a near-total communications blackout to prevent protests.
 Geelani, the icon of the disputed region’s resistance against New Delhi’s rule, died late on Wednesday. He was 92.
Geelani was buried in a quiet funeral organised by the authorities under harsh restrictions, his son Naseem Geelani said.
He added the family had planned the burial at the main deaders’ graveyard in Srinagar, the region’s main city, as per his will, but "they (police) snatched his body and forcibly buried him".
"We told the administration that we will bury him at 10am so that our relatives who live in far-off areas could attend," Naseem said.
"But they took the body forcefully at 3am and did not allow any of us to take part in the last prayers. They even argued with the women in the family who resisted taking away his body."
Naseem said it was only at 10am on Thursday that the family members were allowed to see Geelani’s grave.
The Press Trust of India news agency reported that officials buried Geelani’s body and disallowed any mass funeral in anticipation of anti-India protests.
Geelani, who died on Wednesday, had been unwell for some time, his family said 
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