NEW DELHI: Two missing special police officers (SPOs) were found dead in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kishtwar district on Thursday, officials told news agency PTI.Their bodies were found with multiple bullet wounds.The slain personnel were identified as Babi Chand (57) and Rashpal Kumar (45). Both were part of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police and were posted at Kiyar village in Dachhan.The two SPOs had gone missing on Wednesday while travelling from their camp to an Army post at Dharna-Marwah, officials said.
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Their service weapons were also missing, raising suspicion of a possible militant angle, they added.According to officials, the two personnel had left for patrol duty earlier in the day. Police teams launched a search operation after they failed to return.The incident comes amid a separate attack on security personnel in Kulgam district, where three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at a security checkpoint on Wednesday afternoon.






