Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered the termination of five government employees for their alleged active links with banned terrorist organisations. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the dismissed employees include a government teacher, a laboratory technician, an assistant lineman, an employee from the Forest Department and a driver in the Health and Medical Education Department.

The driver, currently lodged in Central Jail Srinagar, has been identified as an indexed overground worker of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen with sustained contact with a Pakistan-based handler.