The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday terminated the services of three employees, citing alleged links to terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM).
This brings the number of employees sacked in Jammu and Kashmir over the last five years under Section 311(2) (c) of the Constitution to 83. This Section empowers the administration to dismiss a government employee without holding an inquiry if it is in the interest of the State’s security.
Those sacked on Tuesday include Malik Ishfaq Naseer, a police constable; Ajaz Ahmed, a teacher in the school education department; and Waseem Ahmad Khan, a junior assistant in Government Medical College, Srinagar.
The termination of government employees is unfortunate. Time has come to stop this whole practice or retribution. This termination concept has been going on for decades. It has not helped in the past. It will not help in the future.
— Sajad Lone (@sajadlone) June 3, 2025
Waseem Khan, official sources claimed, was linked to the plot that led to the targeted killing of journalist Shujaat Bukhari and two of his PSOs by militants on June 14, 2018. He was arrested on August 12, 2018, while the police were investigating terror associates involved in an attack in Batmaloo.
He had been appointed by the Health and Medical Education Department in 2007.
The J&K police constable, Malik Ishfaq Naseer, is the brother of Malik Asif Naseer, who official sources said was a “Pakistan-trained terrorist” of the LeT killed in a police encounter in 2018.
Recruited to the police ranks in 2007, Malik Ishfaq Naseer is accused of “continuing his terror activities with impunity”. Official sources claimed his LeT link came to light in September 2021, when the J&K police were investigating a case related to the smuggling of arms and explosives in Jammu.
In the days leading up to the sacred occasion of Eid three government employees have been terminated over alleged links to terrorism leaving their families in distress. Since 2019 hundred of employees have been summarily dismissed without even a trial solely based on unproven… https://t.co/uYCFkN16zc
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) June 3, 2025
Ajaz Ahmed, official sources claimed, is accused of working for the HM in Poonch. He was recruited as a teacher in 2011.
Sources claimed he was “actively helping the terror outfit in smuggling arms, ammunition and narcotics.” His alleged association came to light in November 2023 when police arrested Ajaz and his friend during a routine check, sources said.
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Further investigation revealed that the consignment was received on the directions of a handler based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It was alleged that the consignment was to be delivered to terrorists operating in Kashmir for carrying out attacks on security forces and civilians.
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