Following an uproar among Islamic scholars and the clergy over a picture of Prophet Mohammad in an officially prescribed textbook of Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, officials Tuesday seized about 700 copies of the controversial text books. The textbook is prescribed for the B.Ed course run by the university.

'We carried out raids at the publication house in the Lakhimpur district and seized the copies of the controversial textbook,' said Sub-Divisional Magistrate Avinash.

Meanwhile, Muslim clerics have demanded constitution of a screening committee to check publication of such books in future.