J&K govt staffer dismissed for drug case links

Sunday, 1 June 2025
The Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated Shabir Hussain, a Jal Shakti PHE employee, following his arrest in a narcotics case. Hussain, a PHE khalasi in Poonch, was implicated in an FIR under the NDPS Act for possessing a heroin-like substance and was subsequently held in judicial custody. The dismissal order also disqualifies Hussain from any future government employment.

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