NEW DELHI — Police in Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, since early August when the government revoked the disputed region’s special status and imposed a lockdown, according to a court-appointed committee’s report.

But all those arrested and lodged in police stations were released on the same day, police told the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s four-member Juvenile Justice Committee, which had been asked by India’s Supreme Court to look into allegations of child detentions after a petition filed by two activists last month.

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As of September 25, only two children, both aged 17 years, were lodged in juvenile homes, said the committee’s September 26 report, which was reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has maintained an iron grip on Jammu and Kashmir — India’s only Muslim-majority state, which is also claimed by Pakistan — since August, deploying thousands of troops, restricting movement, and snapping communications.

Local authorities also rounded up thousands, including politicians, leaders of separatist groups, and other civil society members to prevent large protests from erupting over the decision to withdraw Kashmir’s autonomy.