India, Jan. 13 -- The Jammu and Kashmir administration led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has terminated the services of five government employees for their alleged involvement in terror related activities in the Union Territory, officials said.

With the latest action, the total number of government employees dismissed since 2021, when the LG led administration began such measures, has risen to 89.

According to official details, those dismissed include a government school teacher, a laboratory technician, an assistant lineman, a field worker of the Forest Department and a driver in the Health and Medical Education Department.

Officials said Mohammad Ishfaq, a government teacher appointed as Rehbar e Taleem and regularised in 2013, ...