BUNTY MAHAHAN
JAMMU, JULY 17:
The Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated the services of its thre employees on charges of allegedly working with Pakistani terror outfits.
Those terminated include Public Relations Officer (PRO) of University of Kashmir Faheem Aslam, Revenue Department officer, Murawath Hussain Mir and Police Constable Arshid Ahmad Thoker. They were actively providing logistics to terrorists and trying to raise finances for terror outfit, sources said.
Their termination followed followed a detailed investigation by government agencies making the J&K Government invoke Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution for terminating them.
Faheem Aslam (PRO Kashmir University), sources quoting official
Investigations said, has been a hardcore secessionist who not only subscribes to and endorses the secessionist ideology, but has been a key propagandist for terrorists and terror outfits in Kashmir Valley.
According to sources privy to investigation, Faheem Aslam, was allegedly planted in Kashmir University in August, 2008 by a terror-separatists kingpin as a contractual employee and subsequently he was confirmed. He was designated as media reporter by the University to keep the secessionist-terrorist campaign alive because the University campus was known as one of the epicentres of secessionist activism and an important breeding ground for terrorism as well.
Further investigations in the matter were in progress and the kingpin of terror-separatists syndicate may be arrested soon. He is stated to have worked as a close aide of terrorist Shabir Shah before venturing into legitimate business with money received from Pakistan ISI.
Sources said Faheem’s appointment was done without any public advertisement, interview and police verification.
“In complete violation of constitutional requirement of affording equal opportunity to all similarly placed persons for a position funded by public exchequer, he was issued with an appointment letter without holding any interview or any competition or police/CID verification. Simply put, he was clandestinely allowed to enter into the public employment through a backdoor,” sources said.
Faheem Aslam had come to be publicly known as a secessionist-terrorist campaigner by virtue of his write-ups in a local newspaper and through his social media posts especially after the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370. In many of his posts, he had reportedly described the Indian Army as “Indian Occupational Forces”.
According to sources, while drawing salary from state exchequer, Faheem Aslam was simultaneously taking salary from Greater Kashmir newspaper since 2008. As per inputs, he was given salary in cash to hide his wrongdoings as a public servant.
Arshid Ahmad Thoker (Police Constable)
He was recruited as a constable in Jammu and Kashmir Police, first in Armed Police in 2006 and later in Executive Police in 2009.
After completing his Basic Recruitment Training Course (BRTC) at Lethpora police training centre, he ‘managed’ his transfer to District Srinagar and remained mostly attached as PSO/ Driver with different police/civil officers and protectees.
Sources said that Arshid came in contact with a hardcore Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit Mushtaq Ahmad Ganie, aka RK, a resident of Sheikhpora Wathoora, Budgam.
Mushtaq, introduced Arshid to JeM network and thus he became an indispensable conduit and logistic supporter for this dreaded terrorist outfit in Budgam and Pulwama, especially in Chadoora-Kakapora axis.
“By his association with JeM network, Arshid’s belief in terror ideology got further strengthened. He became more emboldened to take risks to support terrorism, without caring for adverse impact on his police duties. Instead he took full advantage of his police identity to escape police and security forces naka points. He had absolute clarity about his twin goals. Firstly, financing terrorism to which he was ideologically committed. Secondly, to earn illegal money through narcotic trade, to satisfy his greed,” Sources said.
On 31.05.2020 subsequent to a specific information received by Police Station Chadoora about the suspicious movement of terrorists and their associates in the area of Wathoora and Dooniwara. To nab the terrorists/terrorist associates, a joint naka of Police/CRPF/Army was established near Dooniwari Bridge.
During checking, he was arrested along with terror associates – Mudasir Fayaz Mir S/o Fayaz Ahmad Mir R/o Tanghar Kralpora, Danish Ahmad Sheikh S/o Feroz Ahmad Sheikh R/o Gopalpora Chadoora, Shabir Ahmad Ganie S/o Mohammad Maqbool Ganie R/o Sheikhpora Wathoora, Mohammad Issaq Bhat S/o Bashir Ahmad Bhat R/o Narvaw Sadipora Shopian and Sageer Ahmad Poswal S/o Nazir Ahmad Poswal R/o Amrohi Karnah
One Chinese pistol along with a magazine and four rounds, besides a hand grenade and Rs 1.55 lakh in Indian currency and one kg of heroin was seized from them.
This was a clear case of narco-terrorism and the liability of Arshid in this case makes him a high grade narco-terrorist. The cash recovered from Arshid and his associates was intended to be used for the purpose of terrorism. He also used vehicles to facilitate/ferry the JeM terrorists, sources said.
“Further involvement of Arshid surfaced on 24.06.2022,when two persons namely Younis Manzoor Waza S/o Manzoor Ahmad Waza R/o Wathoora Chadoora, Budgam and Mehboob Ahmad Sheikh S/o Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh R/o Bonhar Wathoora, Budgam were arrested by Police along with two vehicles.
They disclosed that these vehicles have been purchased from the proceeds of narcotics provided by Arshid. They also disclosed that they were on way to give delivery of these two vehicles to terrorists for some terror activity which they were not aware of,” Sources said.
Sources while referring to the investigations said that Arshid had evolved to be a highly effective OGW on account of his being a policeman who took undue and criminal advantage of his uniform and his credentials.
“He would always go unnoticed at police/army naka points by displaying his police identity card as it would save him from any search including of those riding with him on motorcycle or in any other vehicle. The narco-terror activities of Arshid remained undetected over the years because of being a member of police force.
Instead of helping the department in fighting terror which he was mandated for, he chose to be a mole and a collaborator and betrayed his oath and uniform. Arshid’s disloyalty towards the nation and department by becoming an accomplice and OGW of JeM terror outfit has wreaked colossal damage on to the department, sources said
Murawath Hussain Mir (Revenue Officer)
He was appointed as a Junior Assistant in Revenue Department during 1985 and he allegedly got involved in terrorism as soon as Pakistan sponsored terrorist and secessionist activities commenced in J&K in 1990.
Pointing out that he was also a point-man for several proscribed terror outfits like Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and J&K Liberation Front (JKLF), allowing them free access to interfere in the affairs of Tehsil office of Pampore, sources said that he also acted as a conduit of terrorists to extort monthly ‘donations’ from fellow employees in early 1990s.
However, Murawath Hussain did not restrict himself to being an extortion facilitator for terrorist outfits. He eventually evolved as one of the most important and trustworthy over ground workers for both HM and JKLF, and got fully involved in active terrorism with total commitment.
He abundantly misused his position in the government and his close proximity with magistracy. While arranging logistics for terrorists and transporting weapons/ammunition, Murawath Hussain would navigate police/SF checkpoints by virtue of his identity as a member of local magisterial setup,” sources further added.
Investigation has revealed that in October 1995, he was arrested by security forces in Rajbagh, Srinagar along with four other terrorists of HM and JKLF. Iterrogation had then revealed that they were planning to blow up a vital installation in Srinagar city for which they had arranged a substantial quantity of explosives/bombs which was later recovered from their possession.
“Murawath was behind bars for only eight months before getting released and managing re-entry in the government. That all checks and balances of the system so far has failed to even seek accountability of the misdeeds of Murawath Hussain despite a lapse of 28 years is evidence of in-depth establishment of the terror eco-system in the erstwhile state, sources added.
Subsequently, Murawath Hussain Mir for his deep connections with secessionist-terrorist ecosystem and being an active member of such system, obtained the admission of his son Haris Murawath in MBBS in Pakistan with the blessings of United Jehad Council and its proxies in Kashmir.
“In 2007, Murawath Hussain founded Falah-e-Behbood committee in Pampore town and became its founding president and continues to be so till date. Intelligence inputs suggest that this committee has played an important role during public unrests of 2008, 2010, 2016,” siurces added.
In view of the LG Manoj Sinha administration’s policy to dismantle the entire terror echo system in Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K government has terminated the services of its various employees for alleged involvement/association with terror activities.
So far, he has successfully broken the back of terrorism and systematically dismantled the terror eco-system that was thriving in J&K prior to abrogation of 370. With the latest three termination order, the count has climbed to 52 officers who have been sacked for their link with terror outfits. Recently, Manoj Sinha had terminated two doctors, Dr Nighat Shaheen Chilloo and Dr Bilal Ahmad Dalal, who had hatched a conspiracy with PAK ISI, Terror Outfits and its assets within Kashmir to falisfy post-mortem report of Asiya and Neelofar of Shopian, who had unfortunately died by accidental drowning on 29th May 2009.
In August last year, Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha had sacked Ms. Assabah-ul-Arjamand, a KAS officer and wife of dreaded terrorist, Bitta Karate. Assabah had developed deep links with secessionist-terrorist networks, especially JKLF, within and outside the country.