Srinagar, Jan. 14 -- Kashmir valley reacted in anger on Tuesday over the start of invasive profiling exercise of the imams and religious teachers of all the mosques and madrasas and their caretakers in the Valley by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Locals and leaders said that police are distributing forms to village numberdars to collect details of mosques and madrasas in the Valley including finances of the institutions, personal details of imams and members of the religious institutions' management committees. The police cite the busting of a 'white collar terror module' last year in which there was involvement of an imam as the reason for the start of the exercise.

The madrassa teachers and imams of mosques are also asked to provide de...