FIR lodged under UAPA after Syed Ali Shah Geelani's body draped in Pak flag

Police have registered an FIR under the UAPA after reports emerged of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's body being draped in the flag of Pakistan.

Police have registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act over the draping of the body of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a Pakistani flag and the alleged raising of "anti-national" slogans after his death Wednesday, officials said. The Budgam Police registered the FIR against unnamed people under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code, they said.