SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir -- The deaths of three Jammu and Kashmir civilians allegedly at the hands of the Indian military have prompted an investigation, as an uptick in violence in the disputed Himalayan region threatens to undercut New Delhi's narrative of peaceful development in an election year.
On Dec. 22, the day after four Indian Army soldiers were killed in an apparent ambush in the region, as many as nine men from a tribal community were detained for questioning. Families say they were tortured, resulting in three deaths -- Mohammad Showkat, 22, Safeer Hussain, 45, and Shabir Ahmad, 32.
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