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Farooq Khan is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Administrator of the Indian Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Farooq is also in-charge of BJP Minority Morcha and BJP's affairs in farthest North-Eastern state of Nagaland.
Farooq Khan was earlier Jammu and Kashmir BJP spokesperson. Farooq Khan who was given a clean chit by CBI in 2003 for his alleged role in Pathribal fake encounter in which five civilians were burnt alive. He joined BJP before Indian general election, 2014 during a BJP political rally at Hiranagar in Kathua in March 2014.
Farooq Khan is a former IPS and Inspector General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir and led to the clearing of the Hazratbal Shrine in March 1996 in which 18 militants were killed. Khan has been also the mind behind creation of Task Force wing of JKP. Farooq was the head of the Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy, Udhampur. It was under Khan that Raghunath Temple, Jammu was freed from militants in 2003. He has been also awarded with the President's medals for gallantry, bravery and distinguished service.
Personal life
Farooq is a Dogri-speaking Punjabi Muslim of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq had a foster son, Fahad Mir(born 1996) who was killed in an accident in December 2014. His grandfather, Colonel Peer Mohammad, was the first state president of the Jammu and Kashmir Jana Sangh. Colonel Peer Mohammadod was in Hari Singh’s army who had a major contribution in the 1947 happenings in Jammu.