Overview

• Jammu and Kashmir Police registered FIR No. 76/2025 at Nigeen police station naming 15 people for breaking the newly installed marble plaque carrying the Ashoka emblem on September 5.
• J&K Waqf Board chair Darakhshan Andrabi denounced the act as an insult to the national symbol and sought action under the Public Safety Act.
• Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti criticized placing a state emblem inside a religious site, with Mufti urging blasphemy-related charges against those responsible for the installation.
• Police and CRPF maintained a heavy presence at Hazratbal for Eid-e-Milad, and thousands offered prayers peacefully.
• In separate incidents, Indore police opened a case and reviewed CCTV after a severed cow tail was found at a temple gate, and Prayagraj authorities ordered inquiries after two people died from toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank.