‘Scared for my life’: politician’s daughter pleads for outside help for Kashmir
State is in panic over India’s removal of its status, says Iltija Mufti from under house arrest
The daughter of one of Kashmir’s most prominent politicians has pleaded with the international community to act over an unprecedented clampdown imposed on millions of people in the territory, warning that Kashmiris are being “caged like animals” and treated as cannon fodder.
Speaking to the Guardian while under house arrest, Iltija Mufti, daughter of the former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, said as many as 25 armed security personnel had surrounded her house last week. All entrances to the house have been locked, she said, defying a communications ban by the Indian government.