Jammu, March 10 – The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday terminated the services of three employees of the Jal Shakti Department for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities.
Officials said that Showkat Ahmad Zargar, a resident of Iqbal Mohalla Bijbehara in Anantnag district, who was employed as a Daily Rated Wage (DRW) in Bijbehara, has been terminated with immediate effect.
An FIR No. 53/2019 was registered against him under Section 307 of the RPC, Section 7/27 of the Arms Act, and Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the government order stated.
The chargesheet in the case has already been filed, and the matter is currently under trial.
In another order, the government terminated Liyaqat Ali Bhagwan, a resident of Bhagwan Mohalla Huller in Kishtwar district, who was employed as a Need-Based Casual Labourer (NBCL) and posted at Berwar, Kishtwar.
Officials said that FIR No. 230/2019 was registered against him under Sections 13, 18, 19, 38 and 39 of the UAPA, and the chargesheet was filed after completion of the investigation.
Similarly, Kousar Hussain Bhagwan, a resident of Hunjala in Kishtwar district, who was employed as a Need-Based Casual Labourer and posted at Huller under the PHE Sub-Division Kishtwar, has also been terminated.
He is also facing allegations under FIR No. 230/2019 under Sections 13, 18, 19, 38 and 39 of the UAPA, and the case is currently under trial.
The orders were issued by the Jal Shakti Department in the interest of administration following references from the Home Department, officials added.
The government has been terminating the services of those public servants who have remained involved in anti-national and subversive activities in the union territory.
The termination orders are issued based on detailed investigations by the CID into the activities of government servants.
These investigations have revealed that the continuation of such involved persons in government service poses serious risks to the maintenance of law and order and the security of the state.
