The bullet-riddled bodies of Babi Chand and Rashpal Kumar were recovered from the Marwah forest in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two Special Police Officers (SPOs) who went missing on Wednesday were found dead in the Marwah forest of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, according to reports from The Indian Express, Moneycontrol, and Bhaskar English.
The deceased have been identified as 57-year-old Babi Chand and 45-year-old Rashpal Kumar, both of whom were posted at Kiyar village in Dachhan.
Officials reported that the bodies were riddled with bullets and their weapons were missing. The officers had gone with the Army to search the area, and gunshots were heard from the forest during the period they were missing.
Security forces recovered the bodies approximately 2 km away from the site of the attack. The search operation, which included the deployment of drones and sniffer dogs, was expanded to cover the rugged terrain and forested stretches between Marwah and Dachhan.
A manhunt has been launched to locate the terrorists. This incident follows a separate attack on Wednesday in Kulgam district, where three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after suspected terrorists opened fire on a security checkpoint.
