Lagatar24 Desk
Srinagar, Oct 15: Five government officials have been terminated as part of a significant crackdown on the Jammu and Kashmir terror ecosystem for having ties to terrorism, operating narco-terrorist networks, and assisting banned organisations in carrying out terrorist activities. They have been fired in accordance with the Constitution’s clause 311(2)(C).
The government of Jammu and Kashmir is working to identify and remove terrorist elements from the system. Several of these terrorist groups received employment through a backdoor during previous governments.
Those who have been terminated are:
- Tanveer Saleem Dar (Constable), who was appointed in 1991. In July 2002, he managed his posting as ‘armourer’ in Battalion headquarters. The probe revealed that he managed this posting to repair the firearms of terrorists discreetly and also to arrange firearms for them. He was regarded as Lashkar-e-Taiba’s most significant terrorist commander and logistical provider in Srinagar. Tanveer was connected to several terrorist assaults in Srinagar, and he was a significant player in the assassination of MLC Javaid Shalla, according to later investigations.
- Afaq Ahmad Wani, who was working as a Manager at Baramulla Central Cooperative Bank Limited.
- Iftikhar Andrabi, who was appointed as plantation supervisor.
- Irshad Ahmad Khan, who was appointed as an orderly in Jal Shakti Department in 2010.
- Abdul Momin Peer, who was appointed as an Assistant Lineman in the PHE subdivision in 2014.
Earlier, in August also, four government officials were fired by the Jammu and Kashmir government for having ties to terrorist organisations. IAS officer Assabah Arjumand Khan, the wife of Kashmiri separatist Bitta Karate, who is accused of killing Kashmiri Pandits and is facing terror charges, was one of the fired employees.
