Washington: The US Congress has told the Indian envoy Harsh Vardhan Shringla that despite his "update" on the situation in Kashmir, many people have painted "a much different picture", and asked him to provide answers to several queries, including how many have been detained under the Public Safety Act, on reports of the use of rubber bullets, and whether journalists and members of the US Congress will be allowed free access to the region.

The Congress, in a letter, said that following Shringla's briefing members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on October 16 about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, it requested for "more specific information regarding some of the questions raised at that time".