SRINAGAR: Police have arrested two persons for allegedly murdering a Special Police Officer (SPO) whose body was recovered from a pit in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
SPO Bashir Ahmed was reported missing along with his service weapon from a police picket in Trigam on October 15, following which police launched a search operation involving multiple teams, they said.
During the search on October 16, police recovered the SPO’s service weapon and subsequently found his body buried in a pit in a stream in the Seran Wani area of Trigam forest, officials said.
A case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), pertaining to murder, was registered at Kishtwar police station.
During the investigation, police identified two suspects, Bashir Ahmed Dar, son of Abdul Aziz Dar, and Nazir Ahmed Dar, son of Bashir Ahmed Dar, both residents of Seran Wani in Trigam, and arrested them, officials said.
Questioning of the accused allegedly revealed the motive and conspiracy behind the murder, while the weapon used in the crime and belongings of the deceased were recovered based on their disclosures, police said.
Further investigation into the case is underway, they added.
