Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has banned the literature of terrorist organisations like Islamic State, Islamic State in Khorasan Province, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment and Al Qaeda (AQIS) that “glorifies violent extremism and jihad and promotes radicalisation”. In a gazette notification issued by the Home Department on August 6, the state government also directed authorities to forfeit 114 items of radical literature, including magazines and books. The gazette said intelligence inputs, cyber surveillance reports, and investigations conducted by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) point to continued circulation, possession and transmission of “radical and extremist literature, publications, and propaganda material” linked to organisations engaged in or supporting terrorist and unlawful activities. The publication, circulation, distribution, sale, exhibition, possession and storage, whether physical or digital, of such material is prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the notification said. Issues of “The Revolutionary Resurgence”, linked to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen/ Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment, “Nawai Gazawa e Hind”, “School Of Yusuf” and “Modern Warfare”, linked to the “Al Quida/Al Quida in Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS)” have also been banned.