Ranchi, June 09: Senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani who was booked under Pota and arrested in Srinagar this morning was flown in here by a special BSF plane and lodged in the Birsa Munda central jail amidst tight security. According to a jail spokesman, Jammu and Kashmir Police escorting Geelani handed him over to the jail authorities at 12.50 am. State chief secretary V S Dube said tight security arrangements have been made in the jail for Geelani.

Earlier, as soon as the plane touched down here, Geelani was whisked away amidst tight security to the central jail. Bureau Report