The Jammu and Kashmir administration fired four officials, alleging ties to terrorism. Among them were an Assistant Professor, Constable, Laboratory bearer, and Teacher. Over 50 dismissals in three years cite involvement in supporting terror outfits, financing terrorism, and promoting separatist agendas, invoking Article 311 (2)(c) of India s Constitution.
Delhi police raided the houses of several journalists and writers including veteran journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, NewsClick’s Abhisar Sharma, and stand-up comic Sanjay Rajoura, and seized their phones and laptops.
The police have unearthed a fraud ring involving Chinese handlers in which 15,000 Indians were duped of over Rs 700 crore. The money was routed to China and some of it was also sent to an account operated by the terror group Hezbollah.
DEA and FBI have implicated Shirazi in illicit drug export activities to the United States and Syria, as well as their distribution to terrorist organisations such as Boko Haram and ISIS.