Two Govt Employees Terminated For Terror Links In Jammu And Kashmir

Two govt employees were on Wednesday terminated in Jammu and Kashmir for alleged links with terror outfits such as Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration under Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha terminated the employees, taking the total number of such dismissals to nearly 90 since 2019.

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The action was carried out under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution, which allows dismissal of an employee without a formal inquiry in the interest of national security, reported Hindustan Times.

The latest action follows the dismissal of three employees from the Jal Shakti department on March 10 over similar allegations.

Officials said the two employees were allegedly involved in reviving terrorism and providing logistical support to banned outfits, including Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba.

“These dismissals…bring the total number of staffers sacked for anti-national activities to nearly 90 since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019,” officials said.

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One of the terminated employees, Farhat Ali Khanday, a Class-IV staffer in the education department in Ramban, allegedly used his government position as a cover to build a network for Hizbul Mujahideen in the Jammu division. 

Quoting soruces, the report said that Khanday first came under the radar of intelligence agencies in 2011 during a hawala probe linked to terror funding for families of slain militants.

Though he was arrested and later released on bail, a 2022 chargesheet and subsequent investigations indicated that he “continued to act as a facilitator and conduit for the outfit.” 

Officials termed his presence in the education sector while drawing a government salary as an “inconceivable betrayal.”

The second employee, Mohammad Shafi Dar, a Class-IV worker in the rural development department in Bandipora, was allegedly working as an associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba. 

Dar was apprehended in April 2025 at a joint checkpoint, with security forces recovering an AK-56 rifle and grenades from his possession. 

Investigators said he had “evolved from a facilitator into an active operational associate plotting attacks on security forces.”

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