Nearly 300 detained in five days, drive likely to intensify in the region Around 300 separatist leaders, activists and protesters have been detained as part of an ongoing crackdown ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. The crackdown was launched last week, a day after separatists called for a march and shutdown against the Prime Minister’s visit on Saturday. The call for the “million march” on Saturday, when the Prime Minister would address a rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, was made by the hardline separatist faction of Syed…
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