MD MESHA 

NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Thursday convicted Kashmiri freedom leader Yasin Malik in a false terror funding case.

Despite Malik's repeated rejection of charges labeled by Indian authorities, the National Investigation Agency alleged him of terrorism and secessionist activities in the Kashmir Valley.

The court is scheduled to announce the sentence on May 25.

The court also formally framed the charges against other Kashmiri freedom leaders, including Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, Md Yusuf Shah, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Md Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, and Naval Kishore Kapoor, according to The Quint. 

Analysts believed the Indian court verdict could spread anger among the Kashmiris as most Kashmiri termed the decision as based on hatred against the Muslims of Kashmir.

Kashmiri leaders include Asiya Andrabi, the founding leader of Kashmiri organization Dukhtaran-i-Millat or Daughters of Nation; Shabbir Ahmed Shah, the leader and founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, and prominent leaders such as Yasin Malik, Masarat Alam Bhat, Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie, and others, are behind the bar under draconian Indian laws in New Delhi’s infamous Tihar jail and others.

Malik’s wife Mushaal Hussein Mullick while strongly condemning  the Indian court verdict said that its unfair and judicial terrorism

“Modi you can never defeat Yasin Malik his second name is Freedom!India will regrets it every move of an Unfair Judicial Terrorism.Not allowing a political prisoner to speak up 4 his rights.India is scared of Yasin, doesn’t even allow him 2spea,” she tweeted. 

The videos broadcasted by Indian TV channels show that a heavy contingent of police surrounded Malik while coming out of the courtroom, he wanted to speak with the media outside but the police didn’t allow him.