Baseer Ahmad Khan removed as adviser to Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor
Srinagar, October 5
The government relieved Baseer Ahmad Khan of the charge of adviser to the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor with immediate effect.
According to an order issued by the Jammu and Kashmir general administration department, Khan, a retired IAS officer of 2000 batch, was relieved of the charge following a communication from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
His removal from the post came all of a sudden and the reasons behind it were not immediately known.
Khan was made an adviser in March last year when GC Murmu was the Lt Governor, and he continued in the post under Murmu’s successor Manoj Sinha. — PTI
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