J&K govt to screen employees allegedly involved in anti-national activities

Jammu and Kashmir has formed a Special Task Force (STF) to screen and identify government employees allegedly involved in anti-national activities.

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The STF will have the ADGP, (CID), J&K, as its chairman and the IGP, representatives of the Home Department; Department of Law, Justice Member and Parliamentary Affairs and the concerned department as its members.

The STF will scrutinise cases of employees suspected of activities requiring action under Article 311(2)(C) of the Constitution.

The STF has been tasked to compile records of such employees and engage with other members of the Terror Monitoring Group (TMG) for identifying such other employees.

The move comes as a number of government employees in the past were found expressing their political opinion in public space on the Kashmir conflict.