SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed three workers of the Jal Shakti department over their alleged involvement in “anti-national and subversive activities”, officials said on Tuesday.
Among the three workers, two hailed from Kishtwar district in Jammu, while one belonged to south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
They were identified as Liyaqat Ali Bhagwan, a resident of Bhagwan Mohalla Huller in Kishtwar; Kousar Hussain Bhagwan, son of Mohammad Akbar Bhagwan and a resident of Hunjala in Kishtwar, and Showkat Ahmad Zargar, a resident of Iqbal Mohalla Bijbehara in Anantnag.
According to the dismissal order issued by Shaleen Kabra, the financial commissioner of Jal Shakti department, Liyaqat was working as a need-based casual labourer and was posted at Berwar in Kishtwar.
Kousar Hussain was also a need-based casual labourer posted at Huller under PHE Sub-Division in Kishtwar, while Showkat was a daily-rated wager in Bijbehara, the order said.
According to the order, an FIR (No 230/2019) was registered against Liyaqat and Kousar Hussain under Sections 13, 18, 19, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), pertaining to allegations of involvement in terrorist acts, conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, harbouring terrorists, and membership or support of a terrorist organisation.
After completion of investigation, a chargesheet was filed against them and the case is currently under trial, it said.
Similarly, a case (FIR No 53/2019) was registered against Showkat under Section 307 of Ranbir Penal Code, Section 7/27 of Arms Act and Sections 16 and 18 of the UAPA.
The chargesheet has already been filed and the case is currently under trial, it added. (PTI)