Terrorist links; 3 government employees including policeman and teacher dismissed
Srinagar: A police constable, a teacher and a forest department employee were dismissed from their jobs in Jammu and Kashmir after they were found to have terrorist links. The action was taken by Governor Manoj Sinha. Jammu and Kashmir Police Constable Firdous Ahmed Bhat, who was arrested in May 2024, Muhammad Ashraf Bhat, a teacher in the district jail, and Nisar Ahmed Khan, who works in the Forest Range Office, were dismissed. Their terrorist links were found in an investigation conducted by the police and intelligence agencies. Firdous Ahmed Bhat and Muhammad Ashraf Bhat are members of the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. Sources also said that Nisar Ahmed Khan helped Hizbul Mujahideen.
The action was taken in the wake of several incidents along the Line of Control in Jammu division in recent days. On February 11, two soldiers were killed in a powerful IED blast by terrorists in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and earlier, a soldier was injured in cross-border firing in Rajouri sector. This followed on February 13 when Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had directed officials to take strictest action against those who provide financial and material support to terrorists. This action comes in the wake of this.
