India Raids Residences of Separatist Leaders In Kashmir

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - FEBRUARY 26: Indian government forces run after the Kashmiri Muslim protesters after the clashes outside the house of Yasin Malik, leader of the Kashmiri resistance party, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a separatist party fighting politically from Indian and Pakistan for complete Independence of Jammu and Kashmir, after a raid by Indian Investigation Agency on February 26, 2019 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) Tuesday conducted a raid on the residence of pro-resistance leader and prominent cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Nageen area of Srinagar. The agency also raided the residence of Yasin Malik, another pro-independence leader, reports said. The region is on the edge after the Indian government rushed additional paramilitary troops and launched a crackdown on resistance groups with speculations of the country going to war with Pakistan over a recent deadly bombing attack on CRPF in Pulwama. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)