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| Curfew, mass arrests in Kashmir in advance of PM's visit |
| 2015-11-07 |
| SRINAGAR - Authorities ordered a curfew in parts of Indian-occupied Kashmir Friday after hundreds of Kashmiri activists were arrested on the eve of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the disputed region. In the main city of Srinagar shops and schools remained shut, university exams were cancelled for the day and public transport was suspended as hundreds of police and paramilitary forces patrolled the streets. Modi is scheduled to address a public rally in Srinagar on Saturday, where he is expected to announce economic assistance, more than a year after massive flooding inflicted $16 billion worth of damage across the territory. “Restrictions were imposed to prevent breach of peace before the prime minister’s rally,” a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. Nearly 300 activists have been arrested to prevent them from mobilising, another police officer said. Security has been beefed up ahead of Modi’s visit, with the Muslim-majority region already tense following incidents of religious intolerance and attacks on minorities in many parts of India. More at the link |
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