In the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, six government officials, including five policemen, were dismissed for their alleged involvement in financing terrorism in the area through drug sales. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha invoked Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution to sack the six employees after an investigation revealed their involvement in the narco-terror network run by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terror outfits operating from Pakistani soil.
Article 311(2)(c) gives the government the power to sack employees without an inquiry if the President or the governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the state, it is not expedient to hold such inquiry.
Following an investigation by the Jammu & Kashmir Police, they collected incriminating evidence against the sacked officials. The evidence collected by authorities showed that instead of helping security forces fight narco-terror sponsored by the ISI, the police officers were acting as collaborators and acted as moles for the Pakistan agency.
These government officials acted as facilitators for the flow of narcotics, the profits from which were used for funding terrorist activities against India.
“Six government officials, including five policemen and a teacher, were found involved in terror financing through drug sales,” PTI quoted an official as saying.
The 6 sacked government employees are reportedly Farooq Ahmad Sheikh (Constable), Khalid Hussain Shah (Constable), Rahmat Shah (Constable), Irshad Ahmad Chalkoo (Constable), Nazam Din (Teacher), and Saif Din (Constable).
Following the sacking of these 6 government employees, the number of government employees sacked for connections to ISI and helping narco-terror activities has reached 8 within the month.
Notably, there has been a spike in terror activities in the Jammu region in recent weeks with several terrorist attacks being reported.
