NEW DELHI, 11 November 2021, (TON): Officials said “India has sent thousands of more paramilitary troops into Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), already one of the world's most militarised zones, after a string of targeted killings in recent weeks.”

Abhiram Pankaj, a spokesman for the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), told media “New Delhi has for decades stationed at least 500,000 soldiers in the occupied Himalayan territory.”

"Around 2,500 troops have arrived and they were deployed all over the valley."

He added “more were on their way to the occupied territory.”

According to a police officer speaking to media on condition of anonymity “around 5,000 extra paramilitaries in all were being deployed from this week, including from India's Border Security Force (BSF).”

Some of the troops are housed in civilian community halls that have been fortified with new sandbag bunkers, reminiscent of the early 1990s when the freedom movement against Indian rule was at its peak.

Since then tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been martyred by the Indian security forces.

A dozen people have been gunned down since last month in what appeared to be targeted assassinations, including police, migrant workers from northern Indian states and local members of the Sikh and Hindu communities.