Indian police detain hundreds amid violence in Kashmir

Officials said that, in the last three days, they had arrested more than 500 people across the Kashmir Valley for questioning, with the majority of detainees from Srinagar

Supporters of Hindu right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) or World Hindu Council and Bajrang Dal hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest in Ahmedabad against the recent targeted killings of civilians in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Picture: Ajit Solanki/AP

Government forces have detained at least 500 people in a sweeping crackdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir, local officials said on Sunday, following a string of suspected militant attacks and targeted killings in the disputed region.

Assailants fatally shot three Hindus and a Sikh in the region’s main city of Srinagar this week in a sudden rise in violence against civilians that both pro- and anti-India Kashmiri politicians widely condemned.