J&K legal officer ousted over beef ban case

SRINAGAR: The controversy over beef ban in J&K has intensified with Mufti government shunting out Additional Advocate General Vishal Sharma apparently for “failing to defend“ its stand before the high court which had directed strict enforcement of a 1932 law against beef sale.
Law department Secretary Mohammad Ashraf Mir said Sharma has been transferred from the Home Department to Education Department and it was a “normal“ procedure.
Sources said the “Law Ministry yesterdayasked Sharma to now to deal with cases of School Education and Rural Development departments in the high court.“However, Mir said Sharma's transfer had “nothing to do“ with the beef ban case.
When contacted, Vishal Sharma said that he is yet to receive any communication from the government.
The sources claimed Sharma “had not informed the State Home Department as well as Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on filing of reply in the case“.