Professors, Principals, Civil Servants — 57 Sacked in 2 Years for ‘Supporting Militancy’ in J&K
Ananya Bhardwaj | 26 March 2024 | The Print
New Delhi: Fifty-seven government employees, including a college principal, professors, a public relations officer of Kashmir University, police personnel, and doctors, have been sacked in the past two years for allegedly “supporting militant activities”, ThePrint has learnt.
According to sources in the security establishment, the move was to “dismantle the terror ecosystem” in Kashmir. Of the 57, the highest number — 21 — came from the education department. They included 13 school employees and eight university employees, including senior professors, lecturers, and principals, said the sources.
“During an inquiry, we found that an assistant professor was associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba and was the point-person at Kashmir University for radicalisation and recruitment. Two teachers, both from Anantnag, were found to be participating in, supporting and propagating the secessionist ideology of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM),” said a source…