Teacher and cop among three govt employees sacked for anti-national activities in J&K

Srinagar: Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday terminated the services of three more government employees, including a policeman and a teacher, for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities.

The three employees were identified as Malik Ishfaq Naseer, a J&K Police constable from Anantnag; Ajaz Ahmad, a teacher in the school education department, from Poonch; and Waseem Ahmad Khan, junior assistant in the Health and Medical Education Department, hailing from Srinagar.

Officials alleged that the three had links to militants.


The orders issued by the administration stated that the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir was satisfied that after considering the facts and circumstances of the case and on the basis of the information available that their activities were such as to warrant their dismissal from service under Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution, without any inquiry.

Services of as many as 78 government employees have been terminated since the J&K administration constituted a task force in 2021 to scrutinise government employees suspect of activities requiring action under Article 311(2)(c).