Calm and tense: Security personnel patrolling a street in Jammu after India stripped the special autonomy status from its part of the divided region. — AFP
New Delhi: Indian authorities say they have detained three political leaders in Kashmir because they are a threat to peace, with the Muslim-majority region under lockdown following an explosive government move to revoke its special autonomy.
The three were moved to an official guest house on Monday, according to a court order, the same day as the announcement in New Delhi that Kashmir’s special status under the constitution had been removed.
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