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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSRINAGAR: Detentions across J&K linked to the terrorist killing of head constable Ashiq Hussain Qureshi rose to 3,500 Friday as police stepped up their crackdown on suspected sympathisers of armed groups.A senior police officer said around 700 people were detained for interrogation in Srinagar alone since the terror attack last Wednesday, in which Qureshi, who was on Amarnath Yatra duty at Lal Chowk in Anantnag, was killed. \u201cDue process has been followed in all detentions,\u201d he said.DGP Nalin Prabhat convened a meeting for a comprehensive security review in Srinagar, with participating officers presenting their assessments of the prevailing security scenario across the Union territory.\u201cThe meeting focused on the current operational environment, threat perception and preparedness of field formations,\u201d a police spokesperson said. \u201cThe DGP directed the officers to intensify area domination and night domination, particularly in vulnerable urban areas.\u201dHome minister Amit Shah had a phone conversation with the slain head constable\u2019s son after J&K leader of the opposition Sunil Sharma visited the family at their residence in Lalpora Beerwah of Budgam. Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, too, made a trip earlier and assured the bereaved family of the administration\u2019s support.CM Omar Abdullah was critical of the detentions and Thursday\u2019s controlled explosions targeting the family homes of two wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. \u201cI understand the police\u2019s anger. But there is a Supreme Court order that such summary action should not be taken,\u201d he said.Recalling his first stint as CM when J&K was a state, Omar said he knew \u201cat the time that this problem (terrorism) cannot be resolved without the people\u2019s support\u201d.He said the backlash against terrorist outfits after last year\u2019s attack on tourists in Pahalgam showed that ordinary people do not support them. \u201cEven today, people are angry that a police head constable has been killed so brutally. But when the number of arrests rises from hundreds to 2,000 or 2,500, that public anger risks being redirected against us,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope we take our people along with us in this fight.\u201dEx-CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said detaining thousands and demolishing the family homes of two \u201calleged\u201d terrorists \u201camounts to collective punishment that has no place in a democracy\u201d. People\u2019s Conference chairperson Sajad Lone warned that the police\u2019s response to one of their own being killed by terrorists would \u201cdo more harm\u201d.<\/div>\n