Srinagar: In one of the largest crackdowns in recent years, Indian forces have arrested over 1,500 Kashmiris, including women, students, and doctors, in a sweeping campaign of detentions across Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

Indian Army, paramilitary forces, police, and intelligence agencies jointly carried out massive house raids and cordon-and-search operations across several districts of the Kashmir Valley during the past three days. Residents reported midnight raids, vandalism of homes, and indiscriminate arrests under fabricated charges.

The Modi-led BJP regime, observers say, is intensifying repression in the occupied territory to crush dissent and weaken the people's struggle for the UN-recognized right to self-determination. The detentions, they added, are aimed at spreading fear among the population and silencing all voices critical of India's occupation policies.

Most of those detained are young men, including university students and family members of Hurriyat leaders based in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, and other countries. Reports suggest that several detainees have been shifted to unknown locations for interrogation, while families remain unaware of their whereabouts.

Local human rights defenders have condemned the arrests as part of India's collective punishment tactics, which violate international humanitarian norms and the Geneva Conventions. They urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to take immediate cognizance of India's systematic persecution of the Kashmiri people.