SRINAGAR; Hurriyat Conference chief Syed Ali Geelani Saturday said he has transferred his immovable property including his house in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, Srinagar, to an independent trust which was formed recently.

Geelani, one of the senior most resistance leaders in Kashmir, made the announcement at the concluding session of a meeting of his party, Tehreek-e-Hurryat, held at his house in Hyderpur. The octogenarian leader, said: my residence, three story building of central office and the Millat Publications Institute is now the property of the eight-member Milli trust which has acquired a registration from the government.

“The trust has been given the rights to use the property to carry forward the 'holy mission' of my party and the property can’t be used for personal use or benefit,” he said. He said: I have tried to remain steadfast on truth and road to freedom. "I ask Allah for forgiveness if I may have floundered," the 84-year-old leader, who seeks solution to Kashmir dispute through the United Nations resolutions, said.

Ayaz Akbar, the spokesman of the amalgam, said: Jamaat-e-Islami, of which Geelani was the former chief, had bought the house and the adjacent building in his name in 1994. (Agencies)