was actually rehearsing a scene for the show.

in recent years, claiming militancy in the region was in check and a tourism influx was a sign of normalcy returning.Surekha Dube, left, and Sunita Kamble, tourists from the Indian state of Maharashtra, take a selfie inside a deserted garden in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Surekha Dube, left, and Sunita Kamble, tourists from the Indian state of Maharashtra, take a selfie inside a deserted garden in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)The massacre shattered those claims. Experts say that theand that the rising tourism in the region of which it boasted was a fragile barometer of normalcy. Last year, Abdullah, the region’s chief minister, cautioned against such optimism.

Tuman, who is also a sixth-generation tour operator, said he was not too optimistic about an immediate revival as bookings for the summer were almost all canceled.“If all goes well, it will take at least six months for tourism to revive,” he said.

Ahmed, the hotels association official, said

for the region’s prosperity. “Tourism needs peace. If (Kashmir) problem is not solved … maybe after two months, it will be again same thing.”The refugee in India said most of those returned were registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India and were detained by Indian authorities under the pretext of collecting their biometric data. He also shared with the AP pictures of his brother while he was detained by Indian authorities and taken in a police vehicle.

AP also reviewed a recording of another phone call made by a refugee to his brother in New Delhi. The man who made the call is heard saying some people from the group were beaten by Indian navy authorities.It was not possible to independently verify these claims.

A Rohingya refugee who has not been identified due to safety concerns, shows his conversation details on WhatsApp with his family members in Myanmar as he talks to The Associated Press in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)A Rohingya refugee who has not been identified due to safety concerns, shows his conversation details on WhatsApp with his family members in Myanmar as he talks to The Associated Press in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)