The administration of Jammu Kashmir has sacked four employees on charges of being allegedly involved in anti-national activities.
Sources quoted by a local news Agency- Kashmir News Observer said, JK Admin has terminated four employees under Article 311 of the Constitution of India for their involvement in “anti-national activities”.
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According to sources, the activities of these employees had come to the “adverse” notice of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as they have been found involved in activities “prejudicial to the interests of the security of the State.”
Those sacked are Dr. Muheet Ahmad Bhat( scientist-D in post-graduate Department of Computer Science, University of Kashmir), Majid Hussain Qadri, (Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir), Syed Abdul Mueed, (Manager IT, JKEDI) and Assabah-ul-Arjamand Khan, (Publicity, Directorate of Rural Development, Kashmir)
Syed Abdul Mueed is son of United Jehad Council chief Syed Saluhuddin while Assabah-Ul- Arjamand Khan is wife of JKLF leader and former militant commander Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate. Assabh was a KAS officer.
The Jammu Kashmir Administration, last year, set up a Special Task Force (STF) to initiate action against government employees suspected of activities “against the security of the State”. Despite the fact that the move was widely criticized by politicians, union leaders and civil society members, dozens of employees have been sacked so far.