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Bullet-riddled bodies of two missing cops recovered in J-K's Kishtwar

Officials said the officers’ service weapons were missing, and investigators are examining a possible militant link after multiple bullet injuries were found.

  • On Thursday, officials recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers in District Kishtwar, with their service weapons missing from the scene.
  • SPO Rashpal Kumar and SPO Bobby Chand disappeared on Wednesday while traveling from their Kiyar camp towards an Army post at Dharna-Marwah for scheduled rotation duty.
  • Both officers, residents of Kiyar Dachhan and members of the Special Operations Group , were scheduled to relieve troops at a Temporary Operating Base of the Rashtriya Rifles.
  • Security teams reported hearing gunshots while searching the difficult forest area in the Dachhan sector; forces have intensified operations to trace the attackers.
  • Police have not ruled out a possible terror angle, though officials cautioned against linking the disappearance to militant activity before establishing the facts.
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Dainik Bhaskar broke the news in Bhopal, India on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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