India, Aug. 22 -- Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday ordered the termination of two government employees from north Kashmir's Kupwara district over their alleged involvement with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The employees have been identified as Khurshid Ahmed Rather, a teacher posted in Karnah, and Siyad Ahmad Khan, an Assistant Stockman in the Sheep Husbandry Department in Keran. Both have been lodged in jails since January last year.

The law enforcement agencies of the Union Territory and the lieutenant governor invoked Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution, which allows dismissal without an inquiry "in the interest of national security." The law enforcement and intelligence agencies had coll...