US EditionTwo Government Employees Dismissed over Suspected Terror Links in Jammu and Kashmir
Two teachers were dismissed for aiding Lashkar-e-Taiba by radicalizing youth and financing terror through narcotics, part of 80 government employees removed under a zero-tolerance policy.
- Thursday's orders from the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor dismissed Ghulam Hussain and Majid Iqbal Dar for alleged terror links, invoking Article 311 without inquiry.
- Both served in the Education Department and investigators say Ghulam Hussain and Majid Iqbal Dar acted as OGWs who radicalised youth, with Dar exposed after an IED recovery in January 2023.
- Investigators say Ghulam Hussain communicated with LeT operatives Mohd Qasim and Ghulam Mustafa via encrypted messaging applications and received terror funds through local conduits.
- The administration framed the removals as part of a zero-tolerance campaign, with officials saying the dismissals reflect Sinha's policy and warn terror collaborators threaten children and the Education Department.
- So far, around 80 government employees have been terminated by invoking Article 311 in the past five years, reflecting a sustained pattern of dismissals.
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday dismissed two teachers from service on charges of having links with terrorist organizations. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha took this action under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution, which allows employees to be removed without a departmental inquiry for the security of the state. Both teachers were accused of involvement in anti-national activities.
J-K: Two govt employees dismissed over suspected terror links
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday ordered the dismissal of two government employees over their alleged terror links, officials said. The employees have been identified as Ghulam Hussain and Majid Iqbal Dar, both serving as teachers in the Education Department, they said. Also ReadAll MLAs must unite for daily wage workers’ regularisation in J&K: Mehbooba The officials said the Lieutenant Governor is satisfie…
Two J&K government teachers dismissed for terror links
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday dismissed two government employees from service under Article 311 of the Constitution of India, citing their alleged involvement in activities that posed a threat to national security.
LG Sinha terminates two Govt employees over terror links
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Two government employees were terminated from the service by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday by invoking Article 311 of the Constitution of India.The action is part of Lieutenant Governor Sinha’s “zero-tolerance” policy against terrorism and a broader crackdown on the terror ecosystem within Jammu Kashmir.The terminated Ghulam Hussain- Teacher ( Education Department): Ghulam Hussain was appointed as Rehbar-e-T…
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