Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday sacked four employees, including the wife of terrorist Bitta Karate who is facing terror charges and is also accused of killing Kashmir Pandits. The four people have been dismissed from the services for terror links, officials said.
Along with Karate's wife, Assabah Arzoomand Khan, the government has also dismissed three other persons including Muheet Ahmad Bhat, a scientist at the University of Kashmir. Mueed is the son of Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin's son Assabah Arzoomand, wife of the top Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terrorist Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate is a 2011 batch Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officer.
Majid Hussain Qadri, Senior Assistant Professor of Kashmir University and Syed Abdul Mueed, Manager IT, Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) were also removed by invoking Article 311 of the Constitution of India. Mueed is the son of Syed Salahuddin, chief of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.
Under Article 311 of the Constitution, the government can sack its employees from services without an enquiry and the dismissed employees can only approach a high court for relief. The Jammu and Kashmir government led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has been regularly sacking employees for involvement in anti-national activities by invoking the Constitution's Article 311.