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Srinagar, Aug 03 : The Jammu & Kashmir administration on Saturday dismissed six employees, including five policemen, for their involvement in anti- national activities.
As per news agency— (KNO), these employees were sacked under Article 311 of the Constitution of India which empowers the government to terminate them without holding mandatory inquiry. An official spokesman said activities of employees had come to the adverse notice of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as they found them thickly involved in activities prejudicial to the interests of the State evidencing their involvement in terror related activities. Giving details about their activities he said Saif Din (selection grade constable of J&K Police) of Bhallesa Doda is a notorious drug peddler, a habitual offender and a mastermind for generation and distribution of narco terror funding. “He is a deeply motivated and committed drug peddler as well as an overground worker for the terrorists of a proscribed terrorist organization like Hizbul Mujhahidin. He had established drug channels which are being used by anti national agencies/ elements to smuggle weapons, narcotics and to facilitate infiltration of terrorists in J&K,” he said. The official spokesman said Farooq Ahmad Sheikh (head constable in police department) S/o Ab Aziz Sheikh R/o 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, ” he said.
The spokesman said 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,” he said.
The spokesman further said 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, ” he said
The spokesman further said Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, Khalid Hussian Shah and Rahmat Shah, had established contacts with the Pakistan based terrorists involved in 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 terrorism activities in the Kashmir Valley and other parts of the country. They were in contact with a large number of drug peddlers and overground workers of proscribed terrorist organizations and were a part of modus operandi for arranging funding for terrorism in Kashmir valley and other parts of the Country,” the spokesman said.
According to official spokesman, Irshad Ahmad Chalkoo( selection grade constable in J&K Police) S/o Saif-u-Din Chalkoo R/o Silikote Uri, district Baramulla had developed close relationship with the terrorist associates of the area and started working as an over ground worker with the proscribed terrorist organization, Laskhar-e-Toiba.
“He was in close contact with various Kashmiri origin terrorists based in PoJK, through encrypted messaging applications and had received arms/ammunitions 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,” he said.
He further said Nazam Din, (teacher in the Education department) S/o Qayam Din R/o Kirni Haveli, district Poonch is a highly motivated and committed drug peddler and an overground 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 hard core 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 illegal trade of these drugs, it was used for fueling unrest as well as financing the terrorism activities in the Kashmir valley, as well as other parts of the Country, being an important source in the narco terror system,” he said.
He said the Government has adopted a zero tolerance policy towards the anti-national elements who have been taking advantage of being in the government—(KNO)
