Ranchi, Dec 17: Former Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is lodged in the Birsa Central Jail here, is likely to be taken to hospital for a routine health check-up. A top official of the district administration today told A news agency that Geelani might be taken to a hospital for a routine check-up on a date not yet finalised.
Reports on Geelani's shifting to either Rajendra Medical Institute of Sciences or the Appollo Hospital here have been doing the rounds for the last three days. Geelani was arrested under Pota on June 9 in Srinagar and brought here on the same day.

Bureau Report