Jammu and Kashmir: Court remands 3 arrested publishers in police custody
A Jammu court has remanded three publishers to 10 days of police custody following the discovery of separatist and anti-national content in books supplied to government school libraries. The government has blacklisted the involved firms and suspended several education officials pending further investigation.
Why it matters
This case underscores the government's strict oversight of educational materials in J&K to prevent the spread of separatist ideologies.
JAMMU: A court in Jammu remanded Monday three arrested publishers to 10 days’ police custody in a case linked to two books allegedly carrying separatist and anti-national content that were supplied to govt school libraries in J&K.Inderpaul of Jammu-based Oberoi Book Service and Amardeep Singh and Girish Arora of Noida-based Dominant Publishers were taken into custody Sunday.
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