Hizb chief s two sons in J&K among 11 sacked sacked in national interest
Updated Jul 11, 2021, 7:53 am IST
Action against Syed Shakeel Ahmed and Syed Shahid Yusuf was taken in the light of the investigations done by NIA in a terror funding case
Syed Salahuddin. (Photo:PTI)
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Saturday sacked eleven more government officials including two sons of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Muhammad Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahuddin “in the interest of the nation”.
Pursuing a tough policy against what it sees as their anti-national activities, their being in the government service a threat to the security and integrity of the country or their violating Government Servants Conduct Rules, the J&K government has in the past two years dismissed a large number of its employees including teachers, revenue officials, engineers and policemen.
Cop, spouse and daughter shot dead by militants in Pulwama
Updated Jun 28, 2021, 10:59 am IST
The mother-daughter duo succumbed to their injuries in hospital later
The SPO s son is reportedly serving in the Army. (Photo: Representational)
Srinagar: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was shot dead and his wife and daughter critically injured by suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir s southern Pulwama district late Sunday night.
The mother-daughter duo succumbed to their injuries in hospital later. The SPO s son is reportedly serving in the Army.
The police said two to three gunmen barged into the house of SPO Fayaz Ahmed in Hariparigam village of Awantipora area of Pulwama and resorted to indiscriminate firing, resulting into the on-the-spot death of the police official and grievously injuring his 45-year-old wife Raja Banoo and daughter Rafia Jan, 25.