January 08, 2025 09:42 pm (IST)
Militant turned cops flee with service rifles in Jammu region
Srinagar, Sept 8 (IBNS): Two Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday fled with their service rifles in Doda district of Jammu region, an official said.
Reyaz Ahmed and Gul Muhammad – both residents of Doda district – were associated with Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit before they turned in, he said.
“The duo also managed to take some AK 47 magazines along with them,” the police official added.
Senior police official said that an FIR number 137/2015 has been registered against the duo and a manhunt has been launched to nab them.
The incidents of weapon-snatching are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir.
A cop said that the growing number of weapon-snatching incidents haves indeed become a matter of grave concern.”We have directed our men to take extra, precautionary measures and remain on alert to foil such kind of attacks by militants,” he said.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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