Jammu and Kashmir’s State Investigation Agency on Thursday raided the office of the newspaper Kashmir Times in Jammu, claiming that the news organisation’s activities were “inimical to the state”.

The editors of Kashmir Times, Prabodh Jamwal and Anuradha Bhasin, described the accusations as “baseless” and said that the “coordinated crackdown” was yet another attempt to silence the news organisation.

The raids by the State Investigation Agency, a specialised investigative body under the Union Territory’s home department, came after the registration of a first information report alleging the involvement of the news organisation in anti-national activities and attempts to spread disaffection against the country, The Indian Express quoted unidentified officials as saying.

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