JAMMU: A large search operation to hint two village defence guards (VDGs) who had gone lacking ended lower than 24 hours in a while Friday when safety forces discovered their our bodies within the higher reaches of Kishtwar district of Jammu.
The operation was launched on Thursday night after an offshoot of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed to have killed Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, residents of Ohli-Kuntwara who had gone to graze their cattle within the Munzla Dhar forest of the Adhwari space within the morning however hadn’t returned.
Officers mentioned that safety forces have been conducting a large cordon-and-search operation in Kishtwar to trace down the terrorists behind the killing.
Kashmir Tigers, an offshoot of Pakistan-based JeM mentioned that it killed the 2 males to punish them for becoming a member of the VDGs. “They (others) ought to study from in the present day’s incident and never be part of VDGs. In any other case, they will even meet the identical destiny,” the phobia group mentioned in an announcement. It additionally shared a photograph of the our bodies of two blindfolded males.
Police mentioned the search operation led by the J&Ok police and comprising the military and the Central Reserve Police Drive was launched after the households of the 2 males confirmed that it was their {photograph}.
Anand Jain, Jammu’s further director basic of police (ADGP), mentioned that the our bodies of the 2 VDGs have been recovered from the jungle.
A J&Ok police officer mentioned it took a number of hours to achieve the 2 VDGs because the forces needed to transfer cautiously as a result of risk that the terrorists had laid traps on the way in which to the realm the place the our bodies have been situated, and even the our bodies.
“It took almost six hours for the safety forces to trek the hilly terrain from the closest street to achieve the higher reaches of Ohli Kuntwara the place the terrorists killed the 2 males in a jungle. The our bodies are being introduced again and shall be taken to their respective homes,” the officer mentioned on situation of anonymity.
VDGs have been first floated within the Nineteen Nineties, throughout the peak of militancy within the restive area. They have been disbanded in 2000 however revived in August 2022 within the wake of a sequence of assaults within the UT. There are 4,125 VDGs within the UT, in response to the newest official figures.
In a submit on X, J&Ok chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed mentioned, “Deeply saddened & involved by the assault that resulted within the deaths of Kuldeep Kumar & Nazeer Ahmed Padder of Kuntwara in Kishtwar, members of the native village defence committee. The terrorists killed two harmless males who had taken their livestock to graze. I condemn this assault unequivocally & ship my condolences to the households. On the identical time, I anticipate the safety forces to maneuver shortly to plug any gaps in our counter-terror grid & be certain that assaults like this cease utterly.”
Ahmad and Kumar’s killings triggered protests throughout Jammu and a whole shutdown in Kishtwar as enterprise institutions largely remained closed.
