EMPLOYEES DISMISSED OVER TERROR LINKS

By Anshika Khera

Two employees who were jailed and belonged to the Jammu and Kashmir government, have been terminated from service for their involvement in terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir ‘s Kupwara district. The termination was ordered by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha . The accused were facing charges of arms smuggling and links with the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The sacked employees have been identified as Khursheed Ahmad Rather, a teacher, and Siyad Ahmad Khan, an employee in the Sheep Husbandry Department. Both residents of the Karnah and Keran areas near the Line of Control are facing charges of arms smuggling.

According to sources , Rather was “ actively involved in subversive activities aimed at harming the state and became an active conduit for terrorist activities sponsored by LeT.”

An official said,as quoted , “He played a deliberate and dangerous role in furthering the objectives of a terrorist network that is committed to destabilising the region and attacking the sovereignty of the Indian state,”. In police records, Khan is listed as a terrorist associate and underground worker of the banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. As part of a crackdown on government employees accused of anti-national activities, dozens of employees have been sacked in the Union Territory.