Department sources say they have been asked by court to file an FIR, but they are yet to decide the charges

Delhi police may not book Geelani, Roy for sedition?

Department sources say they have been asked by court to file an FIR, but they are yet to decide the charges

Delhi police is yet to register a case of sedition against writer and activist Arundhati Roy and Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani. And it looks like that may not happen anytime soon.

A city court had on Saturday directed Delhi police to register an FIR against Geelani, Roy and others for allegedly making anti-India speeches here recently.

However, police sources told MiD DAY that they are still mulling over the issue."The court has ordered us to lodge an FIR and we have to submit our report before the 6th of January 2010. We have plenty of time to register a case and investigate the matter. It's not necessary that we lodge an FIR under section of sedition against them. It will depend on the order of the court and the investigation," said a police officer.

Meanwhile some sources said that Arundhati Roy will likely move the high court for anticipatory bail. The whole drama started on the 21st of October at LTG Auditorium where Kashmiri separatists held a conference and SAS Geelani, SAR Geelani, Arundhati Roy and many more sympathisers gathered.

The speeches of Roy and Syed Ali Shah Geelani were allegedly controversial and anti-India. The Kashmiri Pandits also protested against Geelani.

A complaint of dismantling and disgrace of the Indian National Flag has also been filed at the Tilak Marg police station against Geelani and his supporters.

Eggs for Mirwaiz in Kolkata

Moderate Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's remarks at a seminar in Kolkata provoked protests, with BJP's youth wing activists blocking his way and throwing eggs at his car on Sunday.
The incident came three days after a group of Kashmiri Pandits and right-wing activists assaulted him and another moderate separatist, Bilal Lone, at a seminar in Chandigarh on Thursday. The activists had punched and slapped the Mirwaiz there and vandalised the seminar venue. In his speech at the Kolkata seminar titled 'Kashmir: A Way Out', he described Kashmir as a ''disputed land'' and said the ''the Indian government should realise the strong sentiments of the Valley's people for azadi''.
As soon as he left the seminar venue, a group of activists from BJP students' wing, AVBP, surrounded his car and threw eggs at it.

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