India, March 10 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Government has disengaged three workers of the Jal Shakti Department over their alleged involvement in anti-national and subversive activities, officials said.

According to official orders, Showkat Ahmad Zargar, son of Nazir Ahmad Zargar and a resident of Iqbal Mohalla Bijbehara in Anantnag district, who was working as a Daily Rated Wager (DRW) in Bijbehara, has been disengaged from service with immediate effect. The order states that an FIR No. 53/2019 was registered against him under Section 307 RPC, 7/27 Arms Act and Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The chargesheet in the case has already been filed and the matter is currently under trial.

In another order...