UPDATED: May 28, 2021 16:45 IST
A man cycles through the closed Lal Chowk market in Srinagar on May 25 (Abid Bhat)
It has been more than three weeks since the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government sacked Idrees Jan Mir ‘in the interest of the security of the state’ on April 30, ending his 13-year-long career with the state education department. A former teacher at a government girls’ high school in Kralpora village in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara, the 39-year-old was the first of six employees recently fired by the Union Territory government on the same grounds. Others include jailed J&K deputy superintendent of police Davinder Singh who was caught travelling with a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant and two operatives in Kashmir in January 2020 as well as a naib tehsildar and a college professor from south Kashmir and two teachers from Kupwara in north Kashmir.
Modi Has Dehumanised Kashmiris Yet Again With the Arbitrary Sacking of Govt Employees
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently served termination notices on two government teachers and a revenue official after accusing them of being anti-national and a threat to the security of the state.
Jammu and Kashmir s LG Manoj Sinha. Photo: Twitter/@manojsinha
Rights10 hours ago
Why should we worry about the termination of service of three Kashmiris by the Jammu and Kashmir administration? It is natural to assume the three are guilty of dereliction of duty or violation of the code of conduct state governments have for their employees. However, that is certainly not the case here.
Sacked for Going Against Security of State , Kashmiris See Attempt to Spread Fear
The termination notices for three government employees â a revenue officer and two teachers â contain no details.
J&K LG Manoj Sinha who signed the termination orders. Photo: Twitter/@diprjk
Rights11 hours ago
Srinagar: Thirty-eight-year-old Idrees Jan Mir, does not know why he was fired from his position as teacher at a government school â one he held for 14 years.
His termination order, issued by J&Kâs Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha accused Idrees of working against the âsecurity of the state.â
But this father of three small kids, who was posted at a school in his native Kupwara district of north Kashmir, says it is news to him that he can be a threat to anyone at all. âI canât crush an ant under my feet. How can I pose a threat to the state,â he asked