Bullet-riddled bodies of 2 J&K special cops found day after they went missing

The bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers, identified as Rishipal and Bobby Chand, who went missing after gunfire was reported in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Wednesday, were recovered from the Dachan forest area. A massive search operation has been launched to track down the terrorists involved in their abduction and killing.Both SPOs were shot multiple times, and their service weapons are also missing, sources said.Srinagar,Nov 12, 2026 09:54 ISTThe bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who went missing after gunfire was heard in the Deharna forest area of Marwah in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Wednesday afternoon, were recovered by search parties in the Dachan forest area.A massive search operation has been launched to track down the terrorists involved in their abduction and killing.According to sources, the bodies were found nearly 2 km from the spot where the two SPOs went missing. Both personnel had been shot multiple times, and their service weapons were also missing, sources further revealed.The personnel, identified as Rashpal Singh, 45 and Bobby Chand, 57, were travelling from Kiyar Dachhan to Basnan in the Inderwan area of Upper Ridge Deharna when the firing was reported. A Special Operations Group (SOG) team and the Station House Officer later headed towards the area. According to preliminary information, Rishipal and Bobby Chand were part of the SOG. They were on their way to relieve a team of the Army's 17 Rashtriya Rifles deployed at Basnan.The gunfire was reported in the forest area at around 3.30 pm on Wednesday. Airtel mobile network services in the Marwah area were also disrupted at about the same time. At around 7 pm, an SOG team, accompanied by the Station House Officer, proceeded towards the area following the firing and launched a search operation to trace the two missing personnel.BJP MLA from Kishtwar Shagun Parihar termed the killing of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) a "truly tragic incident", saying they had gone missing last night and their bodies were recovered on Thursday morning. One body was found around 8 am and the second around 9 am.Blaming Pakistan for the killings, Parihar said it continued to pursue its "nefarious conspiracies". She urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure that those responsible were held accountable immediately and demanded a response of "fourfold magnitude" for the two lives lost. Parihar said she was leaving for the area shortly.- Ends