SRINAGAR, April 27 -- A school allegedly run by individuals affiliated with a banned organisation in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir has been declared an "unlawful entity" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Anshul Garg issued a two-page order based on a dossier presented by Senior Superintendent of Police, Shopian, pointing towards the alleged illegal activities at Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom at Imam Sahib in Shopian.

According to the order issued by Garg on April 24, there were "credible inputs and evidence on record, to indicate sustained and covert linkages of the institution with Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Centre had banned in 2019.

The order said there was a de facto co...