Explainer: Indian paramilitary force soaks up attacks and hits back in Kashmir


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel carry their shoes as they wade through a water-logged street after heavy rain in Srinagar August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - To quell protests and militant attacks in India-controlled Kashmir after abrogating the region’s rights to set its own laws, the government in New Delhi doesn’t rely so much on its million-strong army or the police.

Rather, it is a paramilitary police force that is often on the front lines, whether facing stone-throwing youngsters or seasoned gunmen from militant groups.

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