New Delhi: Indian police have carried out sweeping raids targeting a banned political party in Indian-administered Kashmir, days after the deadliest blast in the Indian capital for more than a decade.
There has been no confirmation that the searches this week are connected to Monday’s explosion — which killed at least 12 people near the historic Red Fort in the capital’s Old Delhi quarter.
But the raids represent a renewed effort by police to tighten security after the explosion, which the government called “a heinous terror incident” and blamed on “anti-national forces.”
Many of the raids have taken place since Wednesday, according to district police statements from across the Indian-administered part of the Himalayan territory.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947, and both claim the Himalayan territory in full. Tensions remain high between New Delhi and Islamabad.
