India, Aug. 22 -- Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday terminated the services of two government employees in Kupwara district for terror links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba.

The employees whose services were terminated are Siyad Ahmad Khan of Keran, who worked as an assistant stock man in the sheep husbandry department, and Khurshid Ahmad Rather of Nawah Gabra Karnah in Kupwara. Both were arrested in Kupwara last year for their links with the terror outfits.

Law-enforcement agencies of the Union Territory and the lieutenant governor invoked Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution, which allows dismissal without an inquiry "in the interest of national security".

This is the fourth termination of government employees sin...