Jammu And Kashmir Government Sacks Hizbul Chief’s Son, Bitta Karate’s Wife

Bitta Karate
Bitta Karate

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha sacked the services of four government employees, including the son of Syed Salahuddin, Bitta Karate, who has terror links, in a massive crackdown on the terror ecosystem.

Asbah Arjumand Khan, wife of top J&K Liberation Front terrorist Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, is a 2011 batch Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officer. Muhit Ahmed Bhat, Scientist-D working with Kashmir University; Majid Hussain Qadri, senior assistant professor, Kashmir University, and Syed Abdul Mueed, manager IT, Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), were all removed by invoking Article 311 of the Constitution of India.

According to the government, Asbah Arzoomand Khan was sacked after investigations conducted by the Union Territory administration revealed that she was a separatist with deep links with terrorist organizations and Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.

A senior official said, “She came into limelight during a karate trial. Asba first got the job in 2003 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir. Her appointment was allegedly done through a backdoor and It appears to have been managed by someone in the administration.” Disclosure of official part of Jammu and Kashmir administration.

According to her, it has also come to the fore that between 2003 and 2007, she remained absent from work together for months but no action was taken against her. Finally, he was sacked in August 2007.

“When she was absent from work, she traveled to Germany, the UK, Helsinki, Sri Lanka and Thailand,” he said.

Investigation also revealed that she was working as a courier for JKLF. “During most of her travels, she used to take flights through different airports, but came back to India by road from Nepal or Bangladesh,” an official told about the ongoing investigation against her.

According to the dossier maintained by the UT administration, Asbah Arzoomand Khan passed his JKAS exam in 2011 and got married to Bitta Karate within a few months.

According to the list of J&K administration, Muheet Ahmed Bhat – a scientist D in the computer science department of Kashmir University – has also been sacked for terror links.

“Muhit was an executive member of the Kashmir University Teachers’ Association (KUTA) from 2017 to 2019 and is its president from 2017 to 2019. He was instrumental in organizing student protests and street protests in 2016, in which several youths died, one explained. Officer who is part of the investigation.

According to him, a member of Kuta, Muheet Ahmed Bhat distributed Kuta funds to some families of stone pelters and terrorists. According to the dossier of the JK administration, in January 2018, he provided financial assistance to the families of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.

“They had also arranged funds to pay to the families of terrorists killed by security forces. Kuta had carefully avoided its registration as a society to avoid audit scanners, still using banking channels. He is regarded as a key figure who radicalized and executed students. Pakistani propaganda in Kashmir,” the dossier said.

The dossier further states that Majid Hussain Qadri is a staunch terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba. The dossier states, “When Qadri was an MBA student at Kashmir University in 2001, he came into contact with two Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in August 2001 and radicalized, recruited Lashkar-e-Taiba to Kashmir University. Became tayba.” Was tasked to act as weapons courier for terrorists. In 2003, he was assigned the post of Lashkar spokesperson and continued till his arrest in June 2004. A sniper rifle was also recovered from him. He was detained for two years under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act and later acquitted by the court.

In March 2007, he was appointed as a contractual lecturer at the University of Kashmir. A senior ranking official of the JK administration said, “His recruitment case was never referred to the CID for character verification. He was appointed as an assistant professor in Kashmir University in 2010. He is currently an assistant in the department of management studies working as a professor.

Syed Abdul Mueed, the son of the self-styled Supreme Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, has also been sacked. He was working as Manager IT in JKEDI.

In 2012, Syed Abdul Mueed was appointed as an IT consultant on contract basis. Sources said rules were violated to appoint him. At least three members of the selection panel included terrorist sympathizers. His contractual status was later changed to permanent.