Srinagar, Feb. 15 -- Police on Saturday conducted stringent checks across various bookshops in the police district of Handwara in north Kashmir and seized banned literature belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami.
Police said in a well-coordinated and legally supervised operation, the checking was conducted as per the provisions of the law, with special emphasis on sensitive areas such as Kralgund, Villgam, Qalamabad, and Handwara town.
During the intensive search, several bookshops were inspected, and multiple copies of banned books were recovered and subsequently seized, police said.
These books were found to be in violation of legal regulations, and strict action is being taken against those found in possession of such material.
"The operation ...