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.