4 government employees sacked for terror links in J&K

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday terminated the services of four govt employees for terror links and involvement in illegal and anti-national activities.

Those sacked included two police constables, a junior assistant posted with the school education department and a village level worker of the department of rural development and panchayati raj.

Officials said constable Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone from Pulwama district was involved in supplying, transporting and facilitating delivery of arms and ammunition for executing terror acts.

The other three — education department employee Bazil Ahmed Mir and constable Mushtaq Ahmad Pir, both from Kupwara district, and Mohd Zaid Shah of the panchayati raj department, who belongs to Baramulla district — were involved in narcotics smuggling and supply, with funds generated through this channelised into terror operations, the officials added.

According to sources, J&K Bank, too, recently dismissed a senior official for his alleged role in inciting street violence, but this is yet to be confirmed by the bank management.