Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) raided the Srinagar house of Hurriyat Conference (HC) chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani late on February 18 and detained a cook and domestic help for allegedly uploading a video of the ailing separatist on social media by using a VPN (virtual private network) to bypass firewalls, reports The Times of India. The raid to pick up cook Sirajuddin Gania, who is from Tral in Pulwama District, and domestic help Imtiaz Ahmed came within hours of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar saying that the Police were onto internet users masking their identities under VPNs to "spread fabricated news to instigate people and preach separatism".