Indian police arrest Kashmiri civil society leader Khurram PervezSRINAGAR, India -- Indian police said Friday they have arrested a prominent Kashmiri activist who was this week prevented from travelling to Geneva, where he had been due to brief U.N. officials on the strife-torn region. Khurram Pervez was arrested late Thursday after returning to his home in Srinagar, which has been roiled for months by violent protests over the killing of a young militant by Indian soldiers. Police superintendent Faisal Qayoom confirmed his arrest but did not say what the charges were. Pervez's wife Samina told AFP police had come to the family home late on Thursday to arrest him. The two countries, which are both now nuclear powers, have twice gone to war over the territory and accuse each other of stoking violence.

Source: The China Post September 16, 2016 16:07 UTC