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SLUG: 2-279087 India / Kashmir
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DATE=08/08/01 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-279087 TITLE= INDIA / KASHMIR / S-ONLY BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE DATELINE= NEW DELHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TEXT: Indian authorities say three separatist militants and a boy were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir Wednesday, during an operation to rescue about a dozen young people who Indian troops say were being forcibly taken to Pakistan. The incident occurred as Indian authorities clamped an indefinite curfew on Jammu, Kashmir's winter capital, following the deaths of 11 people Tuesday night in a guerrilla attack on the city's railway station. V-O-A's Jim Teeple has more from our New Delhi Bureau. TEXT: Authorities say the curfew imposed on Jammu and the nearby garrison town, Udhampur, is designed to prevent revenge attacks against Muslims by Hindus incensed over the railway station attack. Tensions are high in India's Jammu and Kashmir State. More than 200 people have been killed in the troubled territory since a summit last month between the leaders of India and Pakistan ended in acrimony and without any agreement on how to pursue an end to the Kashmir dispute. Both countries claim Kashmi, its entirety. Senior Indian officials in New Delhi are reviewing the security situation in Kashmir in a series of high-level meetings. Officials are concerned about more high-profile attacks by separatist militants in the days leading up to India's Independence Day celebrations, August 15th. (Signed) neb/jlt/wd
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