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J&K Bank dismisses chief manager after probe finds him to be ISI’s ‘deep asset’ | India News
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Saturday dismissed its chief manager Sajad Ahmad Bazaz after an investigation by J&K criminal investigation department (CID) found him to be an alleged “deep asset” of Pakistan’s ISI, planted to further agenda of the terrorist-separatist network in Kashmir through write-ups in a leading regional daily.
“Sajad, originally from Batmaloo, Srinagar, was planted in J&K Bank in 1990 by Pakistan’s ISI through Fayaz Kaloo, owner and editor of Greater Kashmir. He was appointed initially as a cashier-cum-clerk in 1990 and later promoted as chief manager (internal communication) of J&K Bank, a public sector entity owned by J&K government, after creating the gazetted officer-equivalent post of ‘editor’ especially to accommodate him,” said sources in J&K Police.
Sajad, while being a full-time employee of J&K Bank, illegally worked for Greater Kashmir as a correspondent-cum-columnist.
Evidence collected by the agencies suggests that Sajad tried to mask his real identity by using different pen names for his write-ups in the newspaper.
“Sajad, originally from Batmaloo, Srinagar, was planted in J&K Bank in 1990 by Pakistan’s ISI through Fayaz Kaloo, owner and editor of Greater Kashmir. He was appointed initially as a cashier-cum-clerk in 1990 and later promoted as chief manager (internal communication) of J&K Bank, a public sector entity owned by J&K government, after creating the gazetted officer-equivalent post of ‘editor’ especially to accommodate him,” said sources in J&K Police.
Sajad, while being a full-time employee of J&K Bank, illegally worked for Greater Kashmir as a correspondent-cum-columnist.
Evidence collected by the agencies suggests that Sajad tried to mask his real identity by using different pen names for his write-ups in the newspaper.
