# J&K police search 26 Jamaat-e-Islami locations in Sopore 2026-08-09T20:46:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Police searched 26 locations across Sopore in north Kashmir on Sunday in a coordinated crackdown on the banned Jamaat-e-Islami J&K. Officers seized documents, literature and electronic devices as part of a probe into the group’s alleged links to terrorist outfits and youth radicalisation. No arrests were reported. The operation targeted residential and other premises linked to the organisation’s members and activists. Police said the seized material is being examined to establish further linkages and activities connected with the proscribed outfit. The searches follow a wider crackdown in Kashmir after a police head constable was fatally shot in Anantnag on July 22, the first such attack since the Pahalgam massacre in April. The Centre first banned Jamaat-e-Islami J&K in February 2019 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The ban was extended for five years in February 2024. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: counter-terrorism, Jamaat-e-Islami, Kashmir, police search, Sopore, UAPA Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/jk-police-search-26-jamaat-e-islami-locations-in-sopore/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/jk-police-search-26-jamaat-e-islami-locations-in-sopore/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.