Kashmir Times office in Jammu searched over alleged links to secessionist plot

JAMMU : J&K police’s special wing State Investigation Agency (SIA) searched Thursday the long-shuttered office of Kashmir Times in Jammu after an FIR alleged the 71-year-old English-language newspaper had engaged in “criminal conspiracy with secessionist and other antinational entities”. A parallel search was conducted at editor Prabodh Jamwal’s home in the city. An official spokesperson said investigators seized a revolver, 14 empty AK-series cases, three live AK rounds, four “fired bullets,” three grenade safety levers, three pistol rounds, documents, and digital devices from the Residency Road office. According to the spokesperson, the seizures suggest possible unlawful possession and suspected linkages with “extremist or antinational elements”. Searches were conducted in the prese