The J&K government has sacked four employees – including Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s and separatist leader Bitta Karate’s wife – amid probe over terror links, officials said on Saturday.
Dr Muheet Ahmad Bhat is a scientist-D in post-graduate Department of Computer Science at University of Kashmir (KU) while Qadri works as Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies in the same varsity. Earlier on May 13, another professor of the KU was terminated on the same charges.
The action has been taken under Article 311 of the Constitution, under which the government can sack its employees from services without an enquiry, officials said.
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Terrorist Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate in a shocking video confession had admitted that the first Kashmiri Pandit he murdered was Satish Tickoo, one of the first victims of terrorism in the Kashmir Valley.
In May this year, the family of Satish Tickoo filed an application to place on record Bitta Karate’s video confession. The application was filed through advocate Utsav Bains and supported by activist Vikas Raina.
Bitta Karate is accused of killing many other Kashmiri Pandits during the 1990s.
More details pertaining to the suspension of J&K government employees are awaited.
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