Govt sacks PDD lineman over terror links in Anantnag
3 FIRs, stone-pelting cases cited; action taken under Article 311(2) of Constitution
Umaisar Gul Ganaie
Srinagar, June 17 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has dismissed a lineman of the Power Development Department (PDD) from service over his involvement in terrorism and anti-national activities in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
According to an official order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mohammad Shafi Malik, a lineman and resident of Eidgah Mohalla, Bijbehara, was removed from service under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution of India.
The order states that Malik was associated with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) since 2016 and was facing trial in multiple criminal cases.
It stated that three FIRs were registered against him in connection with anti-national activities, while two additional stone-pelting cases were also pending against him at Police Station Bijbehara.
As per the order, security agencies had said that LeT terrorists were found hiding at his residential house in Arwani, Bijbehara, in June 2017, which led to an encounter in which three terrorists were killed.
The government said the material provided by the Home Department and other agencies established sufficient grounds to invoke provisions of Article 311(2)(b), dispensing with a departmental inquiry in the interest of public service and security.
The order, issued by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Power Development Department, Ashwani Kumar, said the nature and gravity of the allegations warranted dismissal from service—(KNO)
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