Jammu, March 19 -- Non-gazetted employees of the Jammu and Kashmir Information department Tuesday went on strike demanding revocation of the suspension order of an Assistant Information Officer in Kupwara district.
Bashir Ahmad, posted in north Kashmir's Kupwara, was Tuesday suspended by the district's Deputy Commissioner, officials said. The employees are demanding revocation of Ahmad's suspension order, they said.
In protest against AIO's suspension and attachment, the Information department employees locked out all the offices of Information department across Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement, Information Employees Association president Shabir Ahmad said, "Following the transfer of District Information Officer Kupwara, the Director In...