Srinagar, Jan. 14 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday terminated the services of five more government employees for suspected terror links.

The LG administration has since 2020 sacked 85 government employees "after it was found during surveillance that they were working for terrorist groups".

"The move is aimed at targeting the roots of the terror ecosystem and its infrastructure within government machinery," an official said.

The dismissed employees include Mohammad Ishfaq, a teacher; Tariq Ahmad Rah, a laboratory technician; Bashir Ahmad Mir, an assistant lineman; Farooq Ahmad Bhat, a field worker in the Forest department; and Mohammad Yousuf, a driver in the Health department, officials said.

These employees were terminat...