The Jammu & Kashmir government on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) declared 25 books, many by prominent writers such as A.G. Noorani, Sumantra Bose, Arundhati Roy and Ayesha Jalal, as “forfeited for propagating false narrative and secessionism” in J&K.

The Home Department invoked Section 98 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 to categorise the 25 books as “forfeited”. Their circulation will be stopped.