Two Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees Terminated From Service Over Alleged Terror Links

Two government employees in Jammu and Kashmir have been dismissed from service for alleged involvement in terrorist activities, including arms smuggling and links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), NDTV reported.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha approved their termination under provisions allowing action against employees engaged in anti-national activities.

The dismissed individuals have been identified as Khursheed Ahmad Rather, a teacher, and Siyad Ahmad Khan, an employee in the Sheep Husbandry Department. Both, residents of Kupwara’s border areas Karnah and Keran, are facing charges of arms smuggling and links with the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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NDTV reported, citing sources, that Rather was involved in subversive activities and acted as a conduit for LeT operations.

He allegedly smuggled and concealed weapons for the banned group, reportedly playing “deliberate and dangerous role in furthering the objectives of a terrorist network that is committed to destabilising the region and attacking the sovereignty of the Indian state.”

Khan, according to the dossier, is currently lodged at Kupwara District Jail following his arrest in December 2024.

Records list him as a terrorist associate and an underground worker of LeT.

He allegedly collaborated with the Pakistan-based terror group in Keran with the aim of waging war against the Union of India.

This comes as the Jammu and Kashmir administration has intensified its crackdown on employees linked to terrorism.

In recent years, dozens of government staff have been dismissed under special provisions that allow termination without a full departmental inquiry if found engaged in anti-national activities.

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