Indian troops detained a Kashmiri reporter working for a local newspaper in an overnight raid at his house in the Tral area of Southern Pulwama district, his family said on Thursday.
The arrest comes as the Kashmir region remains under a clampdown by the Indian army and
police, including the blacking out of phone and internet connections, in lockstep with the Indian government's announcement on Aug. 5 that it was taking away special status from Jammu and Kashmir state.
"The troops jumped over the compound wall of our house last night at around 11:30 p.m.," said Malik's father, Mohammad Amin Malik, 57.