Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dismissed 2 civil servant from service under Article 311 of the Constitution of India, mentioning their declared participation in activities that postured a risk to nationwide security
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday dismissed 2 civil servant from service under Article 311 of the Constitution of India, mentioning their declared participation in activities that postured a danger to nationwide security. The action, main sources stated, belongs to the administration’s zero-tolerance policy versus terrorism and its more comprehensive effort to take apart the horror environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
The 2 dismissed staff members, Ghulam Hussain and Majid Iqbal Dar– both from the Education Department– were presumably working as Over Ground Workers (OGWs) for the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Far, 75 workers of UT administration have actually been dismissed by the LG.
According to UT sources, Ghulam Hussain, who was acting as an instructor at the Government Primary School in Kalwa, Mahore (Reasi), was supposedly discovered to be in close contact with LeT terrorists Mohd Qasim and Ghulam Mustafa through encrypted messaging applications.
Hussain, selected as a Rehbar-e-Taleem instructor in 2004 and regularised in 2009, was supposedly associated with gathering and dispersing fear funds, supplying financial backing to the households of terrorists, and helping in recruitment drives.
Private investigators stated that Hussain got cash and parcels through several regional channels and had actually been detained in 2023. The probe exposed that he acted not simply for monetary gain however out of ideological compassion for terrorism. Authorities explained him as a “planted OGW” within the education system, charged with radicalising youth and hiring them into terrorist ranks.
“Hussain’s participation as an LeT partner while functioning as an instructor postured a severe risk to the security of trainees and the stability of the education system,” a senior authorities stated.
The 2nd dismissed staff member, Majid Iqbal Dar, signed up with the School Education Department as a Lab Assistant in 2009 on caring premises after his daddy’s death. He was promoted to the post of instructor in 2019.
Examinations exposed that Dar was likewise apparently working as an OGW for LeT and was deeply associated with narcotics-funded horror operations. He presumably preserved close relate to LeT personnel Mohd Jabar and utilized drug cash to fund radicalisation activities in Rajouri and close-by locations.
Dar’s horror links supposedly emerged in January 2023, when cops recuperated an IED near a J&K Bank branch in Rajouri. Subsequent examinations caused his arrest, together with 2 others, for planting the explosive gadget under the instructions of handlers based in Pakistan.
Even after his detention, Dar is stated to have actually continued showing extreme propensities inside jail, with sources explaining him as “deeply devoted to the terrorist ideology,” sources charged.
“Dar’s betrayal is twofold– he misused a federal government position and exploited his function as a teacher to enhance the goals of a terrorist organisation,” authorities mentioned.
Lieutenant Governor Sinha has actually been firmly insisting that the administration will continue to act securely versus people offering ideological, logistical, or financial backing to terrorism.
“Those who help or abet terrorism in any kind, consisting of by developing incorrect stories, are opponents of peace and development,” Sinha just recently mentioned.
The terminations under Article 311– which enables termination without a department query in the interest of nationwide security– mark the current action in the federal government’s continuous drive to root out fear sympathisers from civil service in Jammu and Kashmir.
Released on October 30, 2025
