Why is kashmir under a military curfew?
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Governor Satya Pal Malik told Times of India restrictions on movement in the Muslim-majority region will be relaxed after Thursday. A communications blackout imposed by New Delhi after stripping Kashmir of constitutional autonomy will continue.
An aerial view shows deserted roads amid security clampdown in Jammu. August 6, 2019. ( Reuters )
Restrictions on freedom of movement in India-administered Kashmir will be eased after Independence Day on Thursday, the governor of the restive valley said, although the communication blackout will continue. Restrictions in Hindu-majority Jammu have been completely lifted.
International outrage followed New Delhi's move to strip India-administered Kashmir's constitutional autonomy on August 5. The disputed Muslim-majority region has been under severe restrictions since, raising concerns Kashmiris are running short of essentials and news of rights violations is not making it out.
"We don't want to give that instrument to the enemy until things settle down," Satya Pal Malik told the paper in an interview. Malik told Times of India all phone lines and the internet will remain cut off.
"In a week or 10 days, everything will be alright and we will gradually open lines of communication," he said.
“Restrictions imposed in Jammu have been completely removed. They will continue in some places of Kashmir for some time,” Hindustan Times quoted Munir Khan, additional director general of police, as saying.
Indian authorities need more time to restore order in Kashmir, a Supreme Court justice said on Tuesday while hearing an activist's petition seeking to lift curbs in the Himalayan region.
Expecting a backlash, New Delhi snapped telecommunications and imposed a curfew in India-administered Kashmir on August 4, a day before its surprise presidential decree to strip the region of its autonomous status.
Tens of thousands of troop reinforcements have been deployed to the disputed region's main city of Srinagar and other towns and villages, turning the picturesque city into a deserted warren of barbed wire and barricades.
The reinforcement was sent to beef up the strength of half a million Indian troops that have been stationed in the region for several decades.
The lockdown has not completely prevented protests, however.
At least one protester died in a police chase during the curfew in India-administered Kashmir's main city Srinagar, a police official told AFP last week.
TRT World could not confirm the circumstances of his death and accounts on social media suggest Kashmiris have suffered medical complications or died during the severe restrictions on movement and communication.
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Officials say the curfew is meant to prevent violence by groups planning to observe 5 August as "black day".
They said mass gatherings were also not allowed because of Covid-19.
The state was split into two federally-administered regions last year and its semi-autonomous status was revoked.
Reports say there is tension in the region ahead of the anniversary and more troops have been deployed.
The decision to revoke article 370 - the part of the constitution that guaranteed Kashmir special status - was met with anger and betrayal in the region although it was widely welcomed in the rest of the country. Thousands were detained amid a curfew and a communications blackout was ordered.
The region witnessed protests and security forces often clashed with civilians. Thousands of activists and others were believed to have been picked up from their homes in the days that followed the surprise move.
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