Kishtwar, November 12:
The bullet-riddled bodies of two SPOs missing from Kishtwar district have been recovered. The weapons of the soldiers have not been found. Officials have given this information.
Two Special Police Officers (SPOs) went missing on Wednesday in Kishtwar district, police said. Both of them had left their camp in Kiar village for the army post in Dharna-Marwah, but did not reach the designated place.
Their mobile phones were also switched off. Locals had heard the sound of firing. Following this, a joint massive search operation was launched by the police and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles.
The missing SPOs were identified as Bobby Chand and Rashpal Kumar. Both were posted in the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police. According to officials, teams of security forces were deployed in the surrounding areas as well as in areas with inaccessible hills and dense forests for the search operation.
