Srinagar: While the army has launched Operation Clean Out to rid the Jammu and Kashmir administration of terrorism, it has also launched a campaign to identify and combat its supporters. As a result, security agencies have dismissed over 100 government employees for anti-national activities in the past three years, while placing over 140 others under close surveillance for suspected terrorist ties.
Highly placed sources said that action against these 140 suspects, accused of seditious and anti-India activities, is set to intensify in 2026. Instead of mass dismissals, authorities will adopt a phased, evidence-based approach to avoid alerting the network and ensure cases with strong evidence.
The crackdown began in 2021, when a special panel was formed to investigate employees with suspected terrorist links. It gained momentum in April last year with the formation of a Special Task Force (STF), headed by J&K’s intelligence chief – a veteran officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) with over a decade of experience in counter-terrorism.
The STF works in conjunction with the Terror Monitoring Group (TMG), which scrutinizes RAW intelligence and forwards verified cases to a high-level committee formed in July 2020. This multi-agency system has busted several major networks.
Initial action in July 2021 involved the dismissal of 11 employees, notably Syed Ahmed Shakeel and Shahid Yusuf, sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who were accused of terror financing. Other notable dismissals included Naib Tehsildar Nazir Ahmed Wani for anti-India activities and DSP Davinder Singh for having links with terrorist organizations.
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