Teens swept up in night raids in Kashmir clampdown

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Ali Mohammad Rah sat on the pavement outside a police station in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Tuesday, waiting to see his teenage sons, who ...

SRINAGAR: Ali Mohammad Rah sat on the pavement outside a police station in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Tuesday , waiting to see his teenage sons, who were swept up in government raids overnight.

Sitting outside the police station alongside Rah on Tuesday were dozens of other locals who said their relatives were also in custody - among them 21 boys from the most recent night raid. Nearby, Ulfat cradled her one-month-old son as she waited to find out about her breadwinner husband Mushtaq Ahmad, who she said was taken away by police.Officials at the station did not respond to a request for comment.

 

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