KISHTWAR, NOVEMBER 12: The bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who had gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, were recovered on Thursday morning. Both personnel had gone missing from the remote Dachhan area on Wednesday.
According to officials, the deceased have been identified as 45-year-old SPO Rashpal Kumar and 57-year-old SPO Babi Chand. Both were residents of Kiyar Dachhan and were posted with the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Kiyar Sector.
Officials said the two personnel had been assigned rotation duty at the 17 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) TOB camp in Dharna, Marwah sector. However, they failed to report for duty at the designated camp and remained untraceable.
According to officials, the service weapons of the slain personnel were also missing from the scene, raising suspicions of a possible militant angle in the incident.
Further details are awaited.
