Police in Jammu and Kashmir have attached the headquarters of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, which was founded by separatist patriarch Syed Ali Shah Geelani in 2004.

The office has been attached under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in an FIR registered at the Budgam police station last year.

“In a major action against secessionist and terrorist networks, Budgam police have attached the head office of the banned organisation Tehreek-e-Hurriyat at Rehmatabad, Hyderpora, under Section 25 of the UAPA,” the police said in an official release. “The attached property comprises a three-storey building, which was being used as the office of the banned outfit.”

The Tehreek-e-Hurriyat was founded by Geelani after he parted ways from his parent organisation, the Jamaat-e-Islami. In 2023, it

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