Violence kills 204 in Kashmir in 2013

The number of alleged militants killed last year according to the report is 73, which during 2012 was 75.

The CCS report said of the 48 civilians killed in 2013 five were women. It said the civilian killings have taken place at the hands of government forces, suspected militants and some with the fiddling of stray explosives.

"Out of the total 48 civilian killings 26 have been directly killed by Indian armed forces (CRPF, BSF, Army, Police and VDC) while as allegedly unidentified gunmen have killed nine persons," said Parvez. "The militants are suspected to have killed five civilians, five more were killed in cross firing and clashes, and three people died due to fiddling with un-exploded explosives."

Anti-India sentiment runs deep in the psyche of majority of Kashmiris. A separatist movement challenging New Delhi's rule has been going on in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 1989. Every time a rights violation takes place, residents took to roads to show resistance by hurling brickbats and stones on contingents of police and India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. The latter respond by tear smoke shells and bullets, which often proved fatal.

The CCS report also takes dig at the Indian government for neither prosecuting the Indian armed forces for carrying out last year's killings nor holding the officers responsible for their involvement in human rights abuses during their tenure.

It also criticizes the Indian government's announced probes and said such exercises have failed to yield results.

"Last year the government ordered seven different probes on various human rights abuses. So far no probe has yielded any results, which is not unprecedented as even in the past, probes have been announced by the government to pacify public anger," said Parvez.

According to CCS, from 2003 to 2013, governments in the restive region have appointed 170 probes but "justice remains elusive".

New Delhi has imposed the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the region, which gives extraordinary powers to its troops such as shooting a person on mere suspicion.

Indian troops are consistently accused of grave human rights violations in the restive region since 1989.

Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan, is claimed by both in full. Since their independence from Britain, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.