Srinagar, Jun 17 (NVI): The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed a Power Development Department (PDD) employee from service over his alleged involvement in terrorism-related activities in Bijbehara South Kashmir Anantnag district, officials said on Thursday.
Mohammad Shafi Malik, a lineman from Eidgah Mohalla in Bijbehara, was removed from service under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution, which allows dismissal of a government employee without a departmental inquiry under exceptional circumstances, they said.
According to officials, Malik had allegedly been associated with the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) since 2016 and was facing trial in multiple criminal cases.
They said three FIRs linked to alleged anti-national activities and two stone-pelting cases were registered against him at Bijbehara police station.
Security agencies had also reported that terrorists were found hiding at Malik’s residence in Arwani, Bijbehara, in June 2017, which led to an encounter in which three terrorists were killed, officials said.
Based on inputs provided by the Home Department and security agencies, the government concluded that sufficient grounds existed for invoking Article 311(2)(b), dispensing with a departmental inquiry in the interest of public security and administration, they added.
The dismissal order was issued by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Power Development Department, Ashwani Kumar, citing the seriousness of the allegations against the employee, they said.(NVI)
