SRINAGAR, India: An Indian soldier has been killed during a gunbattle with rebels in Kashmir amid panic among residents over reports of India’s deployment of thousands of more soldiers to the disputed region.

In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Indian paramilitary soldiers walk back towards their base camp after a day long curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. A prominent rights group in Indian-controlled Kashmir is advocating United Nations to establish a commission of inquiry to probe endemic use of torture by government forces who have faced decades long anti-India uprising in the disputed region. AP FILE PHOTO

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