The Jammu and Kashmir Police's counter-intelligence unit has arrested three publishers, including Inderpaul Singh from Oberoi Book Service and Amardeep Singh & Girish Arora from Dominant Publishers in Noida, for distributing books accused of containing 'pro-separatist content'.The arrests followed protests by the BJP against the inclusion of such materials in school libraries under the Samagra Shiksha education program.

The books, 'Personalities and Legends of J&K' by Hilal Ahmed and Santosh Meena, and 'Great Personalities of Jammu and Kashmir' by Dr Sushant Giri, were withdrawn after BJP leaders accused them of promoting separatist ideology among youth.The government blacklisted the publishers and conducted raids on their premises.

Officials emphasized that the content allegedly reflected 'serious negligence' and called for reviewing all books in schools for inappropriate material.

The case involves sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to endangering India's sovereignty and promoting enmity, highlighting tensions between educational content and political sensitivities in the region.