Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have conducted raids on bookstores in Srinagar, seizing hundreds of books associated with a major Islamic organization in the region. The police action, which began on Friday, targeted literature promoting the ideology of a banned organization, resulting in the confiscation of 668 books.
The seized books were primarily published by a New Delhi-based publisher affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, one of the largest Islamic and political organizations in the Indian subcontinent. Jamaat-e-Islami was banned in Kashmir in February 2019, prior to the revocation of the region's semi-autonomy in August 2019.
