JAMMU, NOVEMBER 2: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday terminated the services of a Deputy Superintendent of Jails and a government school principal in South Kashmir for alleged terror links.
Identifying both the dismissed officials as Deputy Superintendent Jails, Feroz Ahmad Lone, and Javid Ahmad Shah, principal of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School at Bijbehara, Anantnag, General Administration Department in separate orders said that their dismissal has been ordered by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha invoking provisions of Article 311 of the Constitution of India as it was not expedient to hold an enquiry into their cases in the interest of security of the State.
Referring to information gathered by government agencies against them, sources said that DSP Lone had hatched criminal conspiracy with terror commanders to send local Kashmiri youths to Pakistan/PoJK, for arms training and later push them back into Kashmir as active terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen to indulge in acts of terrorism. Sources said that Lone was also alleged to be working for Riyaz Naikoo, the slain HM terrorist.
Investigation also revealed that two youth namely Danish Ghulam Lone of Braw Bandina, Litter of Pulwama district and Sohail Ahmad Bhat of Dogripora (Awantipora) Pulwama were recruited and asked by Riyaz Naikoo to meet his arrested associate and terrorist Ishaq Palla. Danish Ghulam Rasool and Sohail Ahmad Bhat reached Central Jail, Srinagar, and confirmed their arrival to Ishaq Palla. However, finding inadequate replies to their queries, the jail staff refused to give permission to Danish and Sohail and ordered them to move out of the jail premises.
On coming to know about the development, Ishaq Palla approached Deputy Superintendent of Jail Feroz Lone who misused his official position and assisted in issuance of pass in respect of both Danish and Sohail. Feroz Lone himself went to the reception area and brought them inside the jail premises for a meeting with Ishaq Palla. It was in this meeting that a criminal conspiracy was hatched to send Danish and Sohail to PoK for arms training to join terrorist ranks to wage war against Union of India. Both were arrested before crossing over to Pakistan.
Sources said that it is an open secret that Prisons in J&K were being used as a breeding ground for radicalisations and even sensational assassinations and terror plots were hatched from jail before August 2019. The role of elements like Feroz Lone holding important position to facilitate such activities is what had led to a complete breakdown of the Prison system.
Javid was first appointed as lecturer in 1989 and he later became, principal of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School Bijbehara, Anantnag.
A hardcore terrorist supporter and ardent sympathiser of Hurriyat and Jamat-e-Islami (JeI), he reportedly played a role of an advisor to Hurriyat cadre and JeI working in Bijbehara during 2016 violence following killing of terrorist Burhan Wani.
As Principal of the Government institution, he ensured that Hurriyat hartal calendars were followed in letter and spirit not only in the Government School which he was heading but its subsidiary institutions too. Javid by misusing his official position rather openly, disallowed girl students of his institution to study and participate in physical education and curriculum, citing it against the fundamentals of Islam.
He has been allegedly supporting terrorists and motivating the girl students to study Islamic studies in a distorted way with the sole objective to radicalize the girl students and fulfil his pro-JeI designs.
