Cracking its whip, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said it has booked three teachers of a religious school in Shopian district under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) after it came to the fore that some of its students and alumni were found involved in terror activities.
The religious school in south Kashmir’s Shopian district had recently come on the radar of the investigating agencies after 13 of its students were found to have joined ranks of different terrorist groups.
Students from Kulgam, Pulwama and Anantnag districts of South Kashmir are enrolled in the school.
Addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Monday, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir range Vijay Kumar told reporters, the said school is affiliated with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) outfit.
He also identified the name of the school as Siraj-uloom Imam Sahib. “It is not that this school has not been under observation. We have already booked three teachers of the school namely Abdul Ahad Bhat, Rouf Bhat and Mohammad Yusuf Wani under the PSA”.
He said about half a dozen other teachers of the school were under surveillance.
(Conduct of) five to six teachers of the school are under surveillance (under Section 107 CrPC).
Section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) deals with any likely breach of peace or public tranquility.
Vijay Kumar clarified the affiliation of the school is with JeI. It is under surveillance, and right now we are taking action against individuals and if need arises, we will take action against the school, the IGP said.