Govt sacking employees for ‘Leading Protests’ Archives

12 officials ‘terminated’ without a mandatory inquiry; Charges include questioning sovereignty, integrity of India, violating Service Rules In an unprecedented move, the J&K Government has sacked several employees who were accused by the J&K police’s intelligence wing—the Criminal Investigation Department—of spearheading or participating in protests during the ongoing pro-freedom uprising in Kashmir. Authoritative sources disclosed to Kashmir Post that acting on the directions of the State Government, the administrative heads of several departments last evening issued termination orders to several employees for “not only questioning the sovereignty and integrity of…