Local residents want the bodies to be exhumed Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have fired tear gas to disperse crowds demanding the exhumation of the bodies of six people killed by the security forces. Security officials say the six were separatist guerrillas who were killed by Indian forces when they crossed over from Pakistan last week. Protest Angry residents marched to the graveyard and tried to dig up the bodies before police broke up the rally, using batons and teargas. The bodies were brought to Sopore on Wednesday and buried.
Relatives say the buried men are civilians who went missing hours before their reported deaths.
Local residents say police have imposed restrictions on people leaving their houses in response to the protest march. In Srinagar itself, some 100 people are continuing a hunger strike for a second day in protest at alleged deaths in custody at the hands of Indian security forces. Nepal insurgency McKinsey tells India to 'try harder' Sri Lanka tighten grip US warns India on Enron Indians stars back in action Supreme Court blow for Jayalalitha Links to more South Asia stories are at the foot of the page.