LG Sinha Terminates Two J&K Govt Employees Over Terror Links

Srinagar, April 08: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led-administration has terminated two more government employees over terror links, invoking his zero-tolerance policy.

Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the employees were terminated under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution for their alleged links with Pakistan-backed terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

They said one of them, Farhat Ali Khanday, a Class-IV employee in the Education Department in Ramban, was found to be operating as a key facilitator for Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

“Investigations revealed that he used his government position as a cover to revive terrorist networks, channel hawala funds, and strengthen terrorist cadres, even after securing bail in earlier terror-related cases,” they said.

They added the second employee, Mohammad Shafi Dar from Bandipora, employed in the Rural Development Department, was identified as an active terror associate of LeT. “He provided logistics, safe houses, intelligence inputs, and was involved in weapons recovery during a joint security operation in April 2025”.

According to sources said over 90 government employees with terror links have already been dismissed—(KNO)