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Geelani's morphed picture goes viral on social media 'An act to counter propaganda' 8/21/2016 11:09:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 21: Finally firebrand separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani is facing the heat on the net with his morphed picture doing the round on social media. The black and white picture, which shows Geelani having suffered facial injuries due to pellet gun, with one of eyes bandaged, has gone viral on the social media like Facebook and Twitter. The picture also has a message, which exposes that "Geelani wants the other children to die whereas his own family members live in safer heavens when Kashmir is burning." "Dear Geelani, if you want the pellet gun banned than stop using other's children before them and start putting your sons who live abroad and you live in Z Plus security," reads the message alongside the picture. While most of those who shared the picture have commented in Hindi, many others said that his personal security should be withdrawn. "Inki security hata deni chahiye," said Naresh Joshi. While Geelani, who is spearheading the ongoing agitation, is unwilling to break the protest calendar being announced by him and other leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, some people and even Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have been accusing the separatist leadership of "victimizing common people whereas their own families are settled abroad so they make scapegoat of others." Pertinently most of the Geelani's family members are well-settled outside Kashmir. One of his son-in-laws is formally settled in the national capital of New Delhi along with his family. While Geelani is often seen a "conservative Muslim" who asks others not to send their daughters far away for education or work, officials said, his own granddaughter works in the national capital in a multi-national company. Observers believe that the morphed image of Geelani with his eye bandaged has been created by patriots who want to "counter a similar social media war" started by neighboring Pakistan. Last month, a Pakistan-based group had released black and white pictures of global celebrities including Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Facebook, CEO Mark Zakurberg, superstar Amitabh Bachan, Shahrukh Khan and Asharwarya Rai Bachan with their faces hit by pellets. "The counter campaign exposing Geelani is the tit for tat," said a political analyst. Kashmir has been on the boil for the last 43 days with at least 68 people having been killed and over 6000 wounded in government action protests, which erupted in the wake of killing of militant commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani and his two associates.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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