GNS Srinagar Dec : Rubbishing Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani's accusation of political vendetta behind the seizure of calendars and diaries of his party Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, state government Wednesday said the step was taken as it feared the publications could infuriate the situation in Valley.Talking to a local news agency, Minister of State for Home Nasir Aslam Wani said that government has no intention of harassing anybody. "But at the same time nobody can be let free to disturb law and order. Police and civil administration felt that Geelani's calendars and diaries carry infuriating material, so they decided to cease the material."Referring to Geelani's warning of dragging him, the DGP and the IGP to court, Wani said, "It is good that Geelani has at least reposed belief and faith in Indian judiciary." Pertinently Geelani had yesterday accused the state government of acting on political vendetta by ceasing calendars and diaries of his Tehreek-e-Huriyat. He had warned MoS Home, the DGP and the IGP of dragging them to court.
When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...

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