(16 Sep 2002)
Pattam
1. Wide shot queue of people waiting at polling station
2. Policeman checks IDs of people in queue
3. Close-up face of man in queue
4. Shot of queue with security in front and behind
5. Two police guards with rifles in front of vehicles
6. Guard armed with machine gun on roof of bus
7. Interior voting station - man receives voting card
8. Close-up machine producing voting card
9. Man votes behind screen
10. Soldier with Bren gun
Rajouri
11. Soldier silhouetted against dawn sky
12. Heavy security and voters outside polling station
13. Man in voting booth having hand marked with ink
14. Man voting behind screen
15. Woman having hand marked with ink
16. Woman voting behind screen
17. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ashok Kapoor, voter:
"The fear is there but people are no longer afraid of the shooting. People will come down and vote."
18. Street scene with soldiers and military vehicles on patrol
19. Set up shot of Pramod Jain, Kashmir state's chief election officer:
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pramod Jain, Kashmir state's chief election officer:
"Last night there were three attempts on the line of control to infiltrate, there was a skirmish, fighting on both sides and our forces successfully shot dead eleven militants trying to sneak into our territory."
21. Cutaway
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pramod Jain, Kashmir state's chief election officer:
"There have been some incidents here and there, barring that things are under control, the turn out is very good, there are queues at various locations, the weather is good, there is enthusiasm among the electorate."
23. Close-up burning tyre, pan to protestors holding signs
24. Close-up banner
25. Armed soldiers in street
26. Young men throwing stones in street
27. Close-up soldier watching through binoculars
28. Young men throwing stones in street
STORYLINE:
Thousands of soldiers and policemen were on high alert across Kashmir as the troubled state prepared for critical legislative elections.
Kashmir, the mountainous flashpoint between India and Pakistan, has seen increasingly bloody attacks in recent weeks, as separatist Islamic militants opposed to the vote have stepped up their campaign to scare politicians and voters away from the polls.
On Sunday, suspected Islamic militants ambushed the well-guarded campaign convoy of the Kashmir tourism minister, a candidate in the elections, leaving two members of her security unit dead and three other people injured, police said.
On Monday Pramod Jain, Kashmir state's chief election officer said 11 militants were shot dead after attempting to cross the line of control.
He added that the election proceedings were under control, save for a few minor incidents.
But Kashmiri separatist groups were demonstrating in Srinagar on Monday as elections got underway.
The Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front called the polls ""a farcical exercise aimed to mislead the world about the aspirations of the Kashmiri people."
Nearly all shops and businesses were closed in the Jammu and Kashmir summer capital in response to a call for a strike by the separatist alliance, All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
The Indian government is trying to convince Kashmiri voters and the international community that the elections are going to be free and fair, and in doing so, diminish the support for Islamic insurgents.
India says Pakistan is trying to sabotage the elections in Jammu-Kashmir by sending Islamic rebels to stage terror attacks and frighten voters.
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