The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday dismissed six employees, including five constables of the Jammu and Kashmir police and one teacher of the Education Department for terror links and involvement in illegal and anti-national activities.

According to a statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations, J&K Government, the activities of all these employees had come to the notice of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as they found them deeply involved in activities prejudicial to the interests of the State.

So far fourteen employees have been dismissed from their services since June 2024.

Four employees, including two police constables, one school teacher and one lineman of the Jal Shakti Department were dismissed from their services on July 24, and four others were dismissed on June 8.

In November 2023, while addressing a gathering in New Delhi, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha claimed that approximately 55 Government employees and workers have been dismissed for promoting terrorism. This action will continue until such individuals who have facilitated terrorism are dealt with, he said. 

The Lieutenant Governor invoked Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution to sack the six employees after a thorough investigation revealed their links with a narco-terror network run by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terror outfits operating from Pakistani soil.

Sharing details, the spokesman of the DIPR, J&K, in a statement said, one of the dismissed selection grade constables identified as Saif Din son of Quasim Din resident of Shigani Bhallesa District Doda A/P Javid Nagar, Bali Charana Naki Tawi, Jammu, was a notorious drug peddler, a habitual offender and a mastermind for  distribution of narco terror funding.

He is a deeply motivated and committed drug peddler as well as a Over Ground Worker for the terrorists of a proscribed terrorist organisations like Hizbual Mujahideen.

He had established drug channels which are being used by anti-national agencies/ elements to smuggle weapons, and narcotics and to facilitate infiltration of terrorists in J&K, he said. 

The spokesman said, Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, Head Constable in Police Department son of Ab Aziz Sheikh resident of Ibkoote Tangdar, District Kupwara, along with two other employees namely Khalid Hussian Shah and Rahmat Shah (both working as Constables in J&K police) received huge consignment of narcotics from drug smugglers across the LoC from Pakistan occupied J&K.

He had contacts with the Pakistan based terrorists, who have been involved in smuggling of narcotics, weapons and money across the LoC.

The spokesman said, another dismissed cop Khalid Hussian Shah, Selection Grade Constable in J&K Police S/o Mehboob Shah R/o Chanipora Payeen Tangdar, District Kupwara, alongwith two other employees namely Farooq Ahmad Sheikh and Rahmat Shah (both working as Constables in J&K Police) received huge consignment of narcotics across the LoC from Pakistan occupied J&K. Being a resident of Tangdar Karnah, Kupwara, he used his expertise of local terrain and topography to establish contacts with narcotic drug smugglers across the border in PoJK and was at the forefront of running a drug cartel in Kupwara-Karnah region.

Rahmat Shah, Constable in J&K Police S/o Manzoor Hussain Shah R/o Panjowa Pingla Haridal, Karnah, District Kupwara had received huge consignment of narcotics from across the LoC for peddling it to other parts of the country, including local market for profit motive and for a larger game plan of adversary agency to destabilize J&K. Being a resident of Haridal village in Karnah, Kupwara, leveraged his knowledge of the local terrain and topography to establish connections with the narcotic smugglers across the border in PoJK.

The government spokesman said, Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, Khalid Hussian Shah and Rahmat Shah, had established contacts with the Pakistan-based terrorists involved in the smuggling of narcotics, weapons and money across the LoC to India. They used to smuggle drugs from Pakistan and money generated through the illegal trade of these drugs was being used for fueling unrest as well as financing the terrorist activities in the Kashmir Valley and other parts of the Country. They were in contact with a large number of drug peddlers and Over Ground Workers of proscribed terrorist organizations and were a part of the modus operandi for arranging funding for terrorism in Kashmir valley and other parts of the Country.

Similarly, Irshad Ahmad Chalkoo, Selection grade Constable in J&K Police S/o Saif-u-Din Chalkoo R/o Silikote Uri, District Baramulla had developed a close relationship with the terrorist associates of the area and started working as an Over Ground Worker with the proscribed terrorist organization, Laskhar-e-Taiba, the government spokesman said.

“He was in close contact with various Kashmiri-origin terrorists based in PoJK, through encrypted messaging applications and had received Arms/ammunition for further delivery to the terrorists. Being the resident of Uri, District Baramulla, he utilized his knowledge of the local terrain to establish contacts with terrorists based in PoJK. He used to assist terrorist groups, during infiltration, by providing logistics and transportation of their illegal arms and ammunition in the interior areas of Kashmir Valley” the spokesman added.

“Nazam Din, Teacher in the Education Department S/o Qayam Din R/o Kirni Haveli, District Poonch was also a highly motivated and committed drug peddler and a Over Ground Worker of terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit. He had received consignments of narcotics from across the LoC for onward delivery to the drug peddlers even in Punjab. He was in constant touch with hardcore terrorists in Pakistan, who exfiltrated for terrorist training and are currently active in terrorist activities from PoJK. He smuggled drugs from Pakistan and money generated through the illegal trade of these drugs, was used for fueling unrest as well as financing the terrorist activities in the Kashmir valley, as well as other parts of the Country, being an important source in the narco terror system”, said the government spokesman.