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India imposes curfew in Kashmir as protests spread
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 30 - 06 - 2010

India imposed a curfew in parts of Kashmir and deployed thousands of troops on Tuesday to quell huge anti-India protests in a region at the core of its dispute with nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan.
The latest round of demonstrations was sparked by the deaths of eight people blamed on government forces over the past two weeks and was one of the biggest anti-India protests in two years. Most of the dead were protesters. Five suspected insurgents and three Indian soldiers were killed in a fierce gunbattle and two people were killed as government troops fired on anti-India protesters, officials said.
Tuesday's fatal shootings occured in the district of Anantnag, about 55 kilometres (30 miles) south of the Kashmiri summer capital Srinagar. Police and paramilitary soldiers in riot gear patrolled deserted streets in Srinagar, the capital of the mainly Muslim Kashmir, and warned residents to stay indoors, witnesses said.
At least 13 people were injured in fresh clashes between protesters and security forces across the valley, police said.
If New Delhi links the protests to Islamabad then they could hurt a tentative process the two sides have begun to repair their relations after the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which India blames on Pakistan-based militants.
India accuses Pakistan of fuelling unrest in Kashmir, which both claim in full but rule in part and over which they have fought two wars. Pakistan says it only lends moral support to what it calls is an independence movement by Kashmiris.
“The discontent and alienation is at its peak now in Kashmir, and I don't see the government making any serious efforts in addressing it,” said Noor Ahmad Baba, dean of social sciences at Kashmir University.
Indian administrated Kashmir has been wracked by street protests since June 11, when a 17-year-old student died after being hit by a teargas shell fired by police during a demonstration in Srinagar.
Peace in Kashmir is seen as crucial for progress in relations between the two countries.
The conflict in Kashmir has killed tens of thousands of people since a revolt against New Delhi broke out in the scenic Himalayan region two decades ago.


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