Jammu/Alive News: The bodies of two Jammu and Kashmir Police Special Police Officers (SPOs), who went missing on Wednesday, were recovered from a forest in Kishtwar district. Both personnel had multiple bullet wounds, while their service weapons were also missing. The incident has raised security concerns in the region.
The deceased have been identified as Rashpal Kumar and Babi Chand. According to reports, both SPOs had joined an Army search operation in the Marwah forest area before they went missing. Gunshots were also reportedly heard in the forest around the time of their disappearance.
Mobile network disruption reported
Airtel mobile network services were reportedly disrupted in the area around the time the two personnel went missing. The company had launched mobile network services in Marwah for the first time on March 10 this year. The circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.
Another SPO was found murdered in October
This is the second such incident involving an SPO in Kishtwar in recent weeks. On October 15, SPO Bashir Ahmed went missing from a police picket in Trigam along with his service rifle. His body was recovered from a pit near a stream in the Trigam forest the following day. Police arrested two accused in connection with his murder on October 19.
Two hand grenades recovered in Baramulla, suspect arrested
In a separate incident, security forces recovered two hand grenades during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday.
Police, in coordination with the Army, arrested a suspect identified as Ghulam Jilani Reshi, a resident of Badarkoot. He was apprehended from the Badarkoot forest area in Tangmarg. Two hand grenades were recovered from his possession.
