LONDON: The UK foreign ministry has said that Indian Prime Minister Modi had raised the issue of Kashmir protests outside New Delhi’s embassy in London with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The Indian PM in a telephone call with his British counterpart said that vested interests were their agenda through violent means.
On Aug 15, the independence day of India, thousands of people, many waving Pakistani and Kashmiri flags, protested outside the high commission last week against Modi’s withdrawal of occupied Kashmir’s special status. Modi’s
BJP supporters and members alleged that the protesters had thrown bottles and eggs on Indian women and children.
Local police claimed to have arrested four protesters for creating disturbance.
Earlier this month, India had abrogated Article 370 on August 5 withdrawing special status given to occupied Kashmir.
Over 6,000 innocent people have been arrested by Indian forces over fears of unrest following the complete lockdown imposed in the valley on Aug 5.
Jails in the occupied Kashmir have ran out of capacity and and now thousands of people detained without charges by Indian forces are being shifted via planes to other parts of the country.
A local magistrate said that over 4,000 people had been arrested under the controversial Public Safety Act.
Most of the arrested Kashmiris have been flown out of the valley as jails here are running of capacity.
