Bodies of two missing police officers found in Kishtwar district
The Special Police Officers were discovered with multiple bullet wounds and their service weapons were also missing, according to reports.
The bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) were recovered in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, according to reports by Times of India and India Today. The deceased have been identified as Babi Chand, 57, and Rashpal Kumar, 45.
The officers were members of the local police Special Operations Group (SOG) and were stationed at Kiyar village in Dachhan. They went missing on Wednesday while travelling from their camp to an Army post at Dharna-Marwah.
Search parties located the bodies in the Dachhan forest area, with one body found around 8 am and the second around 9 am. One report stated the bodies were found nearly 2 km from where the personnel were last seen.
Officials noted that the service weapons of the two officers were missing. A massive search operation has been launched to track down those involved in the abduction and killing.
Kishtwar BJP MLA Shagun Parihar described the killings as a "truly tragic incident". She blamed Pakistan for the deaths and urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure those responsible are held accountable.