IAS officer Baseer Ahmad Khan removed as advisor to J&K Lt Governor

The government has relieved Baseer Ahmad Khan of the charge of advisor 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 the 2000 batch, was relieved of charge on Tuesday 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 advisor in March last year when GC Murmu was the Lt Governor, and he continued in the post under Murmu’s successor, Manoj Sinha.

Prior to his appointment as an advisor, Khan was the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir.