Row Over Books: Jammu & Kashmir Police file FIR under UAPA, Nyaya Sanhita

Srinagar: J&K Police has registered an FIR and conducted raids in connection with two controversial books, recently withdrawn by the government, for allegedly promoting separatism.

The counterintelligence wing of the police has registered a case under sections 49 (abetment), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy), 152 (endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India), 196 (promoting enmity and disharmony) and 353 (publishing or circulating false statements, rumours, or reports) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, besides section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The case was registered a day after the J&K government suspended eight employees of the education department and ordered an inquiry into alleged negligence for inclusion of the two controversial books under the Samagra Shiksha scheme.


The government has also banned and blacklisted the authors and publishers of the two books - 'Personalities and Legends of J&K', written by Hilal Ahmad and Santosh Meena and published by Oberoi Book Service, Jammu, and 'Great Personalities of Jammu and Kashmir', written by Sushant Giri and published by Anurag Prakashan, Delhi.