Updated On: 04 January, 2019 05:00 PM IST | Srinagar | IANS
Geelani has been under house arrest in the city's uptown Hyderpora residence

Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani said on Friday that the desecration of the Jamia Masjid was an attempt to link the indigenous struggle of Kashmiris to global terror groups.
Addressing the Friday gathering at the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar on a telephone, Geelani said the desecration attempts by some masked youths was an attempt to connect the Kashmiri struggle for freedom with international terror groups.