Overview
- SIA teams searched the Residency Road office in Jammu after registering an FIR that accuses Kashmir Times and its website of propagating terrorist and secessionist ideology and criminal conspiracy.
- Officials say seizures included a revolver, 14 empty AK-series cases, three live AK rounds, fired bullets, grenade safety levers and suspected pistol rounds, along with documents and digital devices.
- Investigators state the seized material will undergo forensic and technical examination, and the paper’s promoters and editors are likely to be questioned.
- The searches, which also covered editor Prabodh Jamwal’s residence, were part of a case registered under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, according to police statements.
- Editors Anuradha Bhasin and Prabodh Jamwal called the allegations baseless and described the operation as a coordinated attempt to silence independent journalism, as political figures urged evidence-based, non-selective enforcement.