Srinagar, April 19 -- Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday took over the management of 58 schools associated with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the valley, officials said.

The schools were directly or indirectly affiliated with the JeI's Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), they said.

"The government took over the management of 58 FAT schools in different parts of the valley on Saturday," an official said.

The government, in August last year, had taken over management of 215 schools affiliated with the banned JeI across the 10 valley districts.

District administration and police teams had visited the schools and taken over management.

The government had then said the managing committee of such schools would be taken over by the concern...