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Imran Khan

Kashmir police bury slain rebels, won't hand over bodies

Kashmir police bury slain rebels, won't hand over bodies

Indian authorities did not hand over the bodies of the slain Kashmiri rebel fighters to their families under a new government policy designed to thwart large-scale funerals that have become a rallying point for anti-India protests.

Instead, they are being buried in unmarked graves. The government is blaming the coronavirus pandemic for not allowing a proper burial, but human rights groups are sceptical.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports.

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