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J&K police search 26 Jamaat-e-Islami locations in Sopore
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…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
For many Indians, searches against a banned organisation seem justified, especially after a police killing. But the narrative that every crackdown is either a security necessity or an assault on civil liberties misses the real question: does raiding homes and seizing literature actually dry up the source of radicalisation, or does it drive it deeper? The test will be whether the materials lead to credible charges and convictions, not just headlines.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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