Officials charged over school book
Indian police have filed charges against Kashmiri education officials over a school textbook that illustrates the word “oppressor” with a sketch resembling an Indian police officer.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in the Indian-controlled part of the disputed Himalayan region. Violent confrontations routinely erupt between stone-throwing protesters and baton-wielding police.
Police have charged officials with the government-run board of education with criminal conspiracy, sedition and defamation.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.