Over 600 Books Selling ‘Ideology Of Banned Group Seized By Srinagar Police’, Political Events Condemn Motion | India Information
Jammu and Kashmir Police have carried out searches throughout numerous components of Srinagar metropolis and seized round 668 books. Police stated that these books had been selling the ideology of a banned group in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Police have began authorized motion and an investigation relating to the sale of those books.
Jammu and Kashmir Police stated that “based mostly on credible intelligence relating to the clandestine sale and distribution of literature selling the ideology of a banned group, police searched Srinagar, resulting in the seizure of 668 books. Authorized motion has been initiated beneath Part 126 of the BNSS”.
The difficulty has now snowballed right into a political controversy. Leaders from each the Nationwide Convention and Folks’s Democratic Occasion have criticized the transfer and raids by Jammu and Kashmir Police. Nationwide Convention’s Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah stated that the interference within the spiritual affairs of the Kashmiri Muslims is crossing a pink line.
”Interference within the spiritual affairs of Kashmiri Muslims is crossing a pink line—it’s blatant state oppression and intolerance. First, the Shab-e-Barat prayers at Jama Masjid had been barred, and the masjid itself was sealed. If that wasn’t sufficient, there are reviews of police seizing literature by Maulana Maududi (RA). Will the state now dictate what Kashmiris learn, study, and imagine? That is an unacceptable overreach. If such an order exists, it have to be revoked instantly. The state should cease harassing Kashmiris and meddling of their spiritual affairs—as a result of the price of this reckless train will probably be heavy, ” stated Nationwide Convention’s Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah.
Police are but to make clear which books and literature have been seized by the company, however the sources have revealed that the books had been associated to the ideology of Molana Maududi.
The daughter of the previous Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Iltija Mufti, stated that the federal government is violating the liberty to learn and devour data in Jammu and Kashmir.
”Days after a safety evaluation assembly in Delhi, vicious raids had been performed all through bookstores in Srinagar. Below the garb of ‘safety,’ all kinds of Kafkaesque oppressive measures are being unleashed on Kashmiris. Now even the liberty to learn and devour data is being violated. Are we merely sheep or cattle that should be herded?” stated Iltija Mufti, PDP Chief.
Nevertheless, Jammu and Kashmir Police have stated that the authorized motion has been initiated beneath Part 126 of the Indian Civil Protection Code however didn’t reveal the names of books and authors. Throughout a sports activities perform when reporters requested Ssp Srinagar to share the small print of raids refusing to touch upon that, he stated, “As we speak it’s a sports activities perform, and we must always speak solely about that.”
