Srinagar, Aug. 7 -- Police teams visited several bookstores in Srinagar, Sopore, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Kulgam and other towns, verifying inventory and removing any listed titles that had been declared as "forfeited" under Section 98 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

Officials said that the searches are being conducted as a preventive measure to ensure that no banned material remains in circulation or reaches the public domain. "Bookstore owners have been directed to cooperate and immediately report any stock of the listed books."

The government on Wednesday announced the forfeiture of 25 books identified as promoting anti-national narratives, vilifying security forces and glorifying terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Th...