Daily Times

SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers raided a village in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) overnight in an attempt to quash ongoing protests, leaving a civilian dead and dozens injured, police and witnesses said on Thursday. Villagers said soldiers from a nearby Indian army camp ransacked homes in Khrew village and beat residents with bamboo sticks, leading to the death of a teacher. “They beat up men, women and children and took away many young men with them. We discovered the battered body of Shabir Mangoo on a village street in the morning,” said one villager who asked not to be named, fearing reprisals. Army spokesman Colonel NN Joshi confirmed the raid on the village 25 kilometres (16 miles) southeast of Srinagar, saying “the incident is being investigated”. Indian-held Kashmir has been in the grip of almost daily anti-India protests and rolling curfews sparked by the killing of Burhan Wani. “One person was also found dead after the raid,” a police officer told AFP on the condition of anonymity, adding that around 28 villagers were taken away by the soldiers.