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Jammu: Indian Police conducted raids on bookshops across Rajouri district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir to seize the 25 books, banned by the Modi-led Indian regime to erase the historical facts on the Kashmir dispute.<\/p>\nJammu: Indian Police conducted raids on bookshops across Rajouri district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir to seize the 25 books, banned by the Modi-led Indian regime to erase the historical facts on the Kashmir dispute.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Indian police in a statement in Jammu confirmed that “Police carried out extensive searches at multiple locations across the district to trace and seize books that have been recently prohibited by the competent authority”.<\/p>\n
The action was taken to prevent the circulation of the prohibited literature, the police added. The police advised general public, especially bookshop owners not to buy or sell any of the 25 banned books.<\/p>\n
“Anyone found involved in the sale or purchase of these books will be dealt with strictly,” the police warned.<\/p>\n
According to an order issued by the Home Department, the books, including those written by famous authors like Moulana Moudadi, Arundhati Roy, A G Noorani, Victoria Schofield, and David Devadas, \u201cpropagate secessionism in Kashmir and need to be declared as forfeited in terms of Section 98 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n
The decision was widely condemned, with a link carrying all verboten books in PDF appearing within hours on social media. “I’ve never banned books and I never would,” Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in a post on X responding to the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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