J&K's Lieutenant Governor Sacks 3 Government Employees Over Links With Lashkar, Hizbul
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Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha sacked three government employees linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahidin.
Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday sacked three government employees who were working for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM).
The three sacked employees, who are in jail, have been identified as Malik Ishfaq Naseer, a police constable; Ajaz Ahmed, a teacher in the school education department; and Waseem Ahmad Khan, a junior assistant at Government Medical College, Srinagar.
A senior security official said the government employees fired by the Lieutenant Governor were actively working for the terror outfits and helping terrorists to execute terror attacks on security forces and civilians.
Sinha has ensured aggressive counter-terrorism operations, with security forces neutralising hundreds of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir between 2020 and 2024 and termination of more than 75 OGW/Terror associates from government jobs under Article 311(2)(c) of the Indian Constitution.
He has pledged to root out terrorism and its support structures, ensuring strict action against terrorists and their aides.
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