New Delhi: The passport of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been suspended to preempt him from flying to New York for an event where he was likely to have spoken against India, official sources said today.

The government action came in the wake of reports that the hardline Hurriyat faction leader was planning to travel to New York to attend the annual meeting of Foreign Ministers of member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Kashmir Contact Group beginning September 27.