A week and a half after Indian authorities began detaining hundreds of local leaders and activists in Kashmir, fearing violence after the region's special status was withdrawn, it is unclear in many cases where they are — or even why they were taken away.
On Aug. 4, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government scrapped provisions that gave Kashmir more autonomy than any other Indian state, 45-year-old Shameem Ahmad Ganai was arrested in Pulwama district, said his wife, Fareeda.
She went to find her husband the next morning at the police station in Kakapora, but he was no longer there.