Military veterans to be re-deployed as guards in Kashmir

Ex-servicemen are to safeguard vital infrastructure

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Military veterans will be redeployed as security guards in Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi said on Saturday, a week after it reached a ceasefire with Pakistan to end their most serious conflict in decades.

Around 70 people were killed in the violence, which was sparked by an attack on tourists by gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. New Delhi accused Islamabad of backing the attack — a charge the latter denies.

The government of Jammu and Kashmir approved a “proposal for mobilising Ex-servicemen (ESM) to safeguard vital infrastructure across the Union Territory,” according to a government press release.