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From: Habib Yousafzai <habibyousafzai@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:39 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] New Delhi has deployed thousands of paramilitary troops in Indian-administered Kashmir and has imposed an indefinite curfew on the disputed Himalayan region.
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Thousands of soldiers equipped with assault rifles patrolled deserted streets and erected iron gates in the region's summer capital, Srinagar, on Sunday.
The curfew has now been extended to other cities in the valley as well.
The development comes a day after pro-independence protesters set government and police buildings on fire in Srinagar.
Police have accused Mirwaiz Umar Farooq -- a Muslim cleric and an influential moderate separatist -- of instigating arson and violence. Farooq has denied the charges.
Kashmir has recently been rocked by violent pro-independence protests. The demonstrations started after government forces killed a teenage protester back in June.
Nearly 70 protesters and bystanders have been killed during demonstrations ever since.
A recent poll showed that about two-thirds of Kashmiris want independence from India.
The survey also indicated that six percent of people in Kashmir want the region to join Pakistan.
Kashmir lies at the heart of a bitter territorial dispute between India and Pakistan.
JR/AKM/MMN
From: Habib Yousafzai <habibyousafzai@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:39 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] New Delhi has deployed thousands of paramilitary troops in Indian-administered Kashmir and has imposed an indefinite curfew on the disputed Himalayan region.
An Indian paramilitary soldier checks the papers of a motorist at a temporary checkpoint during a curfew on the outskirts of Srinagar on September 12, 2010.
New Delhi has deployed thousands of paramilitary troops in Indian-administered Kashmir and has imposed an indefinite curfew on the disputed Himalayan region.
Thousands of soldiers equipped with assault rifles patrolled deserted streets and erected iron gates in the region's summer capital, Srinagar, on Sunday.
The curfew has now been extended to other cities in the valley as well.
The development comes a day after pro-independence protesters set government and police buildings on fire in Srinagar.
Police have accused Mirwaiz Umar Farooq -- a Muslim cleric and an influential moderate separatist -- of instigating arson and violence. Farooq has denied the charges.
Kashmir has recently been rocked by violent pro-independence protests. The demonstrations started after government forces killed a teenage protester back in June.
Nearly 70 protesters and bystanders have been killed during demonstrations ever since.
A recent poll showed that about two-thirds of Kashmiris want independence from India.
The survey also indicated that six percent of people in Kashmir want the region to join Pakistan.
Kashmir lies at the heart of a bitter territorial dispute between India and Pakistan.
JR/AKM/MMN
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