J-K: 4 government employees, including policeman and Doctor, terminated for alleged terror links

Jammu and Kashmir: On Wednesday, The Jammu and Kashmir administration has dismissed four employees including an assistant professor of medicine at SMHS hospital and a policeman for their alleged terror links in the Union Territory. Among the terminated employees include Dr. Nissar-ul-Hassan (Doctor), Salam Rather (Laboratory Bearer in Higher Education department), Abdul Majeed Bhat (Constable) and Farooq Ahmad Mir (Teacher).

According to GNS, in the separate order copies effecting the dismissal, the instructions unanimously read that the employees have been dismissed by the UT administration by invoking 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution of India – which gives it the right to do so without any rules.

Notably, the Union Territory administration has invoked 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution of India to sack more than 50 such employees for their involvement in anti-national and terror activities in last three years, who were allegedly operating in shadows within the government and drawing a salary from the public exchequer.

However, they were helping Pakistani terror outfits, providing logistics to terrorists, propagating terrorists’ ideology, raising terror finances and furthering secessionist agenda, officials said.