India sacks Kashmir employees for threatening ‘security of state’
Al Jazeera
Three workers dismissed from services after government implements new laws aimed at stemming ‘anti-India’ sentiment.
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On May 1, the day the world marks as International Labour Day, Idrees Jan was summoned to the magistrate’s office in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Kupwara district and handed an envelope. The envelope contained an order that left the 39-year-old stunned – he had been sacked from his job as a teacher in a government school. Jan is the first among three Kashmiri employees to have been terminated this month by the disputed region’s chief administrator, handpicked by New Delhi, after the government implemented a series of new laws aimed at stemming “anti-India” sentiment.More Related News