Ahmedabad Times

JAMMU: A courtroom in Jammu remanded Monday three arrested publishers to 10 days’ police custody in a case linked to 2 books allegedly carrying separatist and anti-national content material that had been provided to govt college libraries in J&Okay.Inderpaul of Jammu-based Oberoi Ebook Service and Amardeep Singh and Girish Arora of Noida-based Dominant Publishers had been taken into custody Sunday. “They had been nearly produced earlier than the courtroom, which granted police remand for additional investigation,” an official mentioned.In keeping with officers, sub-committees had been set as much as choose books after library grants had been acquired beneath Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. They shortlisted 463 titles, however scrutiny later flagged two books — “Personalities and Legends of J&Okay” and “Nice Personalities of Jammu and Kashmir”. By then, 100-plus copies of every guide had reached colleges.The books had been withdrawn and an inquiry was ordered, whereas eight college schooling officers had been suspended and a contractual staffer was dismissed. Govt blacklisted Oberoi Ebook Service and Dominant Publishers. Investigators are looking for out how the books reached libraries regardless of purple flags throughout content material scrutiny.