Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani stoked a controversy on Friday after numerous Pakistani flags were waved during his rally in Tral. At an April 15 rally too held by Geelani, Pakistani flags were waved by supporters which led to filing of case against him, his close aide Masarat Alam Bhat and others on sedition and other charges. Bhat was arrested the next day and booked under the stringent Public Safety Act a week later.
