Amid Rumours Of Geelani’s Death, J&K Reviews Security

The Jammu & Kashmir administration has reviewed its plan to tighten security in Kashmir to brace itself for any eventuality following multiple rumours that ailing 90-year-old Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is no more. Jammu and Kashmir police discussed what is informally referred to as a ‘G-Plan’ during at least two top-level meetings in December, said senior government functionaries. The ‘health of Geelani’ will remain a talking point within the administration in 2020, as was the concern in past few years. His ‘funeral gathering’, an official said, cannot be allowed to get out of control. “How to go about it (funeral gathering) was discussed at the meetings, like many other issues that have to be dealt with in 2020,” a senior government functionary told Economic Times. The govt gets regular updates on his health and has prepared a blueprint on the preparedness for his funeral.