Authorities on Tuesday reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir, but instead of cooling tensions, the move sparked fresh protests by both Hindu nationalists and Muslim activists.
The unrest, which has left five people dead and hundreds wounded, was sparked two weeks ago when the state government transferred 99 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, a trust running a revered Hindu shrine.
The move enraged Muslim leaders, who led daily mass protests denouncing the land transfer as a plot to build Hindu settlements in the area and alter the demographics in India's only Muslim-majority …
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