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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) terminated 5 authorities employees, including a teacher, a operator and a lineman implicit their alleged militant links, officials said.
The L-G medication has, since 2020, sacked 85 authorities employees aft it was recovered during surveillance that they were moving for violent groups.
“The determination is aimed astatine targeting the roots of the panic ecosystem and its infrastructure wrong authorities machinery,” an authoritative said.
The dismissed employees see Mohammad Ishfaq, a teacher; Tariq Ahmad Shah, a laboratory technician; Bashir Ahmad Mir, an adjunct lineman; Farooq Ahmad Bhat, a tract idiosyncratic successful the Forest Department; and Mohammad Yousuf, a operator successful the Health Department, the officials said.
These employees were terminated nether Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution, they said.
The proviso allows for the dismissal oregon removal of a civilian servant without a ceremonial enquiry if the President oregon the Governor is satisfied that it is not expedient to clasp the enquiry successful the involvement of the information of the State.
According to the dossier against the terminated employees, Mohammad Ishfaq, who was appointed arsenic Rehbar-e-Taleem successful the schoolhouse acquisition section and aboriginal confirmed arsenic a teacher successful 2013, was allegedly moving for Pakistan-based panic outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
He was successful regular interaction with LeT commandant Mohammad Amin alias Abu Khubaib, who is designated arsenic a “terrorist” operating from Pakistan.
Ishfaq was fixed an progressive operational relation by the LeT, and helium was tasked to execute the sidesplitting of a constabulary serviceman successful Doda successful aboriginal 2022.
Ishfaq’s activities were enactment nether surveillance by information and quality agencies, and sustained monitoring revealed that helium was helped successful the panic activities by definite Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of LeT. He was arrested successful April 2022 by the J-K Police earlier helium could execute the plan.
Tariq Ahmad Rah, a laboratory technician, came nether the power of panic outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen close from a precise young age. According to officials, Rah’s panic nexus emerged during the State Investigation Agency (SIA) probe into the flight of Hizbul violent Amin Baba to Pakistan successful 2005.
“Rah ensured the flight of the violent crossed an planetary border. Due to his conspiracy, Amin Baba successfully crossed implicit to Pakistan and is presently operating from determination for carrying retired violent activities successful India,” the officials said.
Bashir Ahmad Mir, Assistant Lineman, was regularised successful 1996 successful the PHE department. Despite being a authorities employee, Bashir became an progressive OGW of LeT successful the Gurez country of Bandipora.
“Bashir was covertly facilitating violent activities successful the hinterland of Gurez since agelong by guiding the question of terrorists, providing logistical support, sharing accusation connected the question of information forces and providing structure to terrorists,” the officials said.
Farooq Ahmad Bhat, a tract idiosyncratic successful the Forest Department, was actively moving with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
He was besides informally moving arsenic a idiosyncratic adjunct of a erstwhile MLA with ties to Hizbul Mujahideen.
Mohammad Yousuf, a operator successful the Health and Medical Education Department, was successful regular interaction with terrorists, peculiarly Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a Pakistan-based Hizb terrorist.
“On the directions of Bashir, Yousuf established links with Hizb cadres and operatives sitting successful Pakistan and entrusted with halfway tasks, including procurement of arms and ammunition and transporting funds successful the areas of Ganderbal District,” the officials said.
On 20th July 2024, constabulary intercepted a conveyance successful which Yousuf and his subordinate Eashan Hamid were travelling and recovered 1 pistol, ammunition, a grenade and ₹5 lakh.
