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NDTV
3 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
3 J&K Government Employees Sacked, Jailed For Alleged Terror Links
New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has sacked three government employees over terror links in a massive crackdown on terror support structures active in the erstwhile state where an April attack had left 26 civilians dead, sources said. The sacked employees were allegedly working for Pakistan-based terror groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM), they added. The accused have been identified as Malik Ishfaq Naseer, a police constable, Ajaz Ahmed, a teacher who worked in the school education department, and Waseem Ahmad Khan, a Junior Assistant in Government Medical College, Srinagar. All three have been sent to jail. A senior security official said that the sacked employees were found to be actively working for the banned groups that carried out terror attacks on civilians and forces.
News18
3 days ago
- Politics
- News18
J&K's Lieutenant Governor Sacks 3 Government Employees Over Links With Lashkar, Hizbul
Last Updated: 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.
