Kashmir protest over youth death

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Several thousand people have protested in Indian-administered Kashmir against the death of a young man in custody.

Nineteen-year-old Mohammad Maqbool Dar was arrested by the Indian army at his home in Pakharpora, around 40km west of the capital Srinagar, but later died.

An army spokesman said Mr Dar had been arrested on suspicion of supporting Islamic militants in Kashmir.

The army says he was taken to hospital after he complained of feeling unwell and was declared dead by doctors.

Authorities are investigating the incident as a murder. His family says their son was tortured to death.

More than 60,000 people have been killed in Kashmir since 1989 when an armed separatist insurgency began against Indian rule.