The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday (July 23) dismissed four employees, including two police constables, one junior assistant in the School Education Department, and one village-level worker in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, for their involvement in anti-national activities.
J&K Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha launched a massive crackdown against the narco-terror network. The statement said the activities of these employees had come to the adverse notice of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which found them involved in activities prejudicial to the interests of the state, evidencing their involvement in terror-related activities.
Details of these four employees are as follows-
1. Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone- Police Constable
"Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, a Constable in the Police Department and resident of Gamraj in Pulwama district, was involved in the commission of offence of supplying, transporting and facilitating the delivery of arms and ammunition for executing terror acts.
According to sources in December 2023, Police Station Tral received an information to the effect that some terrorist associates (including women) active in Police District Awantipora especially in jurisdiction of Tral are in constant touch with terrorist handlers of proscribed terrorist organizations based in Pakistan through different communication mediums and supplying, transporting and facilitating delivery of arms and ammunition for promoting and executing terrorist acts. It was further learnt that some of the terrorist associates have received illegal arms and ammunition and have been tasked to commit terrorist acts by targeting civilians and Security Forces to create an atmosphere of terror in Kashmir.
2. Bazil Ahmad Mir - (Junior Assistant in School Education Dept)
"Bazil Ahmad Mir, Junior Assistant in the School Education Department and resident of Khurhama Lalpora in Kupwara district, was involved in the commission of offence of nurturing drug syndicate in and around the Lolab area and became a full-fledged trafficker of drugs and psychotropic substances, having a direct relationship with the terrorists/secessionists ecosystem," the statement said.
Taking advantage of his position as a government employee, he brazenly used his influence to create and spread the tentacles of a drug syndicate in and around Lolab, turning into a full-fledged trafficker of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and would mint money, at the cost of the life and career of the local youth.
According to investigators, Bazil Ahmad Mir has been in close touch with the Pakistani terrorist handlers,and strengthened their foothold by playing a conduit in delivery, supply and sale of narcotic drugs including weapons and explosives, with the intention to break & destabilize J&K internally by exploiting and luring its youth (the future of country) into narcotics and terrorism at the behest of these handlers.
3. Mushtaq Ahmad Pir- -K Police Constable
"The third person is Mushtaq Ahmad Pir, a Selection Grade Constable in J-K Police from Kalmoona in Kupwara district. Being a resident of the border area, he had established contacts with drug smugglers from across the border in Pakistan and was running a cartel in the North Kashmir belt. He had direct association with the kingpins of a narco-terror syndicate operating across the border and had direct ties with the terrorists/secessionists ecosystem."
4. Mohd Zaid Shah- (Village Level Worker- Rural Development Dept)
Mohd Zaid Shah, a village-level worker in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and resident of Basgran in Baramulla district, is a hardcore drug peddler. He had received huge consignment of heroin from drug smugglers across the LoC, and played a pivotal role in the generation of funds derived from narco trade that inevitably gets channelised to sustain the terrorist/secessionists ecosystem in J-K.
"He was at the forefront of running a drug cartel in the North Kashmir belt and was in constant touch with individuals who exfiltrated into Pakistan in 1990 for terrorist training and are currently settled in PoJK," the statement added.
(With agencies inputs)
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