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Ifthikar Geelani, son-in-law of All Party Hurriyat Conference and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was on Monday remanded to five-day police custody by a Delhi court following his arrest under Official Secrets Act on charges of possessing classified information, including that on troops movements in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sangita Dhingra Sehgal handed over the custody of Ifthikar Geelani to the police till June 15, after the accused was produced before her on Monday afternoon by the Special Cell of Delhi Police.
Ifthikar was arrested on Sunday after a search party recovered some classified documents from his residence in Delhi.
During the search operation, the raiding party recovered a laptop computer allegedly containing sensitive information on movements of troops in Jammu and Kashmir.
His premises were among the 11 places raided to probe funding of militants in Jammu and Kashmir through 'business channel'.
Ifhtikar is the Resident Editor of two Pakistan-based newspapers -- The Nation and The Friday Times -- besides being the bureau chief of Jammu-based Kashmir Times.
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