India is set to reject a UN request�to send a team of investigators to�Jammu and Kashmir following�a recent uptick in unrest which is the worst in the region since 2010. �

Kashmir has witnessed violent protests since the July 8�killing of a pro-independence leader, with�54 people killed and several thousand wounded in clashes with Indian�security forces.

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has asked the Indian government to allow investigators into the restive region to examine allegations of human rights violations during a heavy-handed crackdown.

But New Delhi has prepared a "carefully-worded response,�noting that a visit by a UN Human Rights Council team is not required," The Times of India reported on Monday.

The letter has touched on�"several measures the Indian government has taken to restore normalcy" in Kashmir and accused Pakistan of "overt role in aggravating the situation," the paper�said.

There are�an estimated 500,000 Indian troops currently deployed�in the restive territory. The country�has imposed a curfew�across large parts of the territory since July.

On Monday, armed militants attacked police paramilitaries�in Kashmir's summer capital of�Srinagar, wounding 10 people.�Police said three of them were in serious condition.

The attacks came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his annual�Independence Day speech in New Delhi.

Police said operations were continuing against the attackers, who were�holed up in a�building near a police station.

The Indian army also said it had foiled an attempt by�two militants to infiltrate into India from Pakistan, killing both at the�de facto border between the two�countries.

Modi�met with leaders of different parties on Friday to discuss the recent escalation of the crisis�in Kashmir but they failed to agree on sending an all-party delegation to the region for talks to�calm tensions there.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550"] Protesters in Kashmir throw stones towards Indian government forces in downtown Srinagar on August 12, 2016. �AFP[/caption]

In his speech on Monday, Modi did not mention Kashmir while he accused Pakistanis of celebrating attacks on India.

India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in full. New Delhi controls two-thirds of Kashmir, while the remaining one-third is under� Islamabad's rule. The two nuclear rivals�have fought two wars over the disputed territory.

India accuses Pakistan of providing pro-independence militants with arms and sending them across the borderline to launch attacks on Indian forces.

On Friday, the Indian government expanded the curfew to block a rally planned by pro-independence activists who�went ahead with the protest�in Srinagar anyway after Friday prayers. Indian troops detained several of the demonstrators.

By Press TV