Srinagar, Aug 12: Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday dismissed an employee of the Wildlife Protection Department from government service, allegedly for his repeated involvement in drug trafficking.
The dismissed employee, identified as Vinod Kumar Raina, a resident of the Kandikhas area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, was posted as a watcher in the Wildlife Protection Department.
In an order, commissioner/secretary, Department of Forest, Ecology, and Environment, Sheetal Nanda, ordered Raina’s dismissal from service with immediate effect.
The government also disqualified Raina from any future employment with the government.
The dismissal came after the department conducted an inquiry into the charges levelled against Raina after he was arrested on July 18, 2021, under the NDPS Act in FIR No 329/2021 registered by the Nagrota police station, for possessing approximately 300 grams of charas.
During the departmental inquiry, it was found that Raina had previously been involved in drug trafficking.
