SRINAGAR, March 19 -- Reacting to the custodial death of an Awantipora school teacher, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that the "repressive approach" adopted by the Government of India was pushing youth towards militancy.

"Innocent men hauled up from their homes for interrogation return home only in coffins now. GoI's repressive approach leaves young educated men vulnerable who are forced to take up arms. Stop using Kashmir to exhibit your sick chauvinistic nationalism. We have suffered enough," Mehbooba wrote on Twitter.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Kashmir Times....