Syed Geelani owns properties worth crores
Syed Ali Shah Geelani,Separatist leader of Jammu and Kashmir has amassed wealth worth crores of rupees and also own benami properties.
The government agencies have full details of the wealth amassed by the 13 top Kashmiri separatists.
It poses an important question: What is the source of their income when they do separatism, which they term as a movement for ‘Azadi’, as a full-time job?
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference, (Geelani faction) [APHC-G] has amassed wealth worth crores of rupees.
Geelani’s ancestral bungalow at Dooru, Sopore, in Jammu and Kashmir is worth Rs 1 crore. It is a two story house on 2 kanals of land.
His office cum residence is built on 1.5 kanals land at Rehmatabad colony, which is registered in the name of Milli Trust with five members – Bashir Ahmed Shot @ Peer Saifullah, Mohd Ashraf, Sehraj, Altaf Ahmed Shah, Jawahira Begum and Dr Nayeed Geelani.
Geelani’s two story house at Bulbulbagh, Barazulla has been transferred to Jel, Jammu and Kashmir.
There is one Unique Public School in Dooru, Srinagar, whose land is partially donated by villagers and partly out of Geelani’s property. The school is run by a trust, and Geelani has appointed his younger son Naseem Geelani chairman of the school.
Geelani also owns a two-bedroom flat at Gupta Colony, Khirki Extension, Delhi for which Geelani paid Rs 8 Lakh and it has been registered in the name of GM Bhat (hawala conduit).
Geelani also owns one two story house at Bagh-e-Mehtab, Srinagar and has been registered in the name of Geelani’s eldest daughter Chasfida.
Geelani’s another three storied bungalow built on half kanal land at Bemina, Srinagar has been registered in the name of his daughter Zahida.
The octogenarian separatist also owns around 100-150 kanals of land at Singpore Pattan.
Syed Geelani has a double story house at Rehmatabad in his name.
Four vehicles in Hyderpora belong to Syed Geelani.
Sources say that Geelani’s son Naseem Geelani looks after real estate matters of the family.
Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Funtoosh, who has been looking after his affairs for a year, owns land in Dompora Sow.
Altai Funtoosh, Advocate Shahfi Rishi and his nephew Yaseer Rishi (MLC) own around 100-150 kanals of land in Sumbal, Zainkund-Bandipora Road. So far, four Benami properties have also been discovered and the subjects will be questioned about the same, say the sources.
Altaf Ahmed Shah is Chief Organiser of APHC-G and son-in-law of SAS Geelani.
He owns two story house built on the half canal at Bagh-e-Mehtab, the two-room house at Bhatindi, and ancestral hosiery shop at LaI Chowk, Srinagar, eight canals land in village Handoora, Dist Ganderbal, Srinagar.
He also owns a double story House No. 119 at HIG Colony, Bemina worth Rs 1.50 crore.
So far, three benami properties have also been discovered and the subjects will be questioned about the same, say the sources.
Naseem Geelani, son of SAS Geelani, owns house built on five marlas at Rawalpora, Srinagar; Land /Orchard at Doru, Sopore.
The NIA says that Naseem Geelani on March 2017 took over the charge of Unique Public School, Sopore as its Chairman, after a long tussle with G M Bhat (Former Chairman).
Syed Geelani family also wanted to own 8 kanals of land in Sopore that may have been given by local villagers in 1980 for the construction of the school.
So far, two benami properties being needs further verification, say the sources.
Nayeem Geelani, son of Syed Geelani, jointly owns four canals of agriculture land at Humana, Rawalpora Byepass, Srinagar with his brother Naseem Geelani.
He also owns land/Orchard on 40 kanals and Dooru, Sopore. Besides this, he also owns some ancestral property in the form of land and orchards.
Nayeem is also an owner of an eight-room house at Sanat Nagar, Srinagar. He also owns a flat in New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area.
He also owns single story house having 10/12 rooms which are worth Rs 75 lakh.
He also owns apple orchard and two houses built on 5.5 Kanals. The market value of per canal is Rs. 5 lakh.
He is also an owner of Asian Minerals (Limestone quarry) which is in the name of his brother Muneer Khan.
So far, two benami properties need further verification, say the sources.
The Kashmiri separatists are under the scanner of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after several top Kashmiri separatists were caught on camera confessing to receiving funds from across the border.
