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Kishtwar: Bodies of martyred VDGs found
11/8/2024 10:53:47 PM
Early Times Report

KISHTWAR/JAMMU, Nov 8: The bodies of two village defence guards (VDG) martyred by terrorists were found near a rivulet on Friday during a massive search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said.
A massive cordon-and-search operation is also underway in Kishtwar to track down the terrorists responsible for the killings.
According to officials, the two VDGs were martyred by terrorists on Thursday after being abducted in the higher reaches of Kishtwar district. Their bodies of the VDGs were spotted lying near a rivulet in the Pondgwari area in Keshwan belt, the officials said. A joint search operation involving the police, Army, and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been launched in a dense forest area following the gruesome killings, which have been condemned by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and leaders from the People’s Democratic Party, Congress, and the BJP.
The operation is concentrated in the Kuntwara, Ohli, and Munzla Dhar hilly areas, with reinforcements dispatched early this morning, officials said.
Security forces have intensified efforts, deploying drones and sniffer dogs, with a helicopter seen hovering over the forested area this morning, the officials added.
“Two VDG members, Nazir Ahmed and Kuldeep Kumar from Ohli-Kuntwara, went missing in the upper reaches while grazing livestock,” a police spokesperson said.
Photographs of their bodies later circulated on social media, and family members have confirmed their identities, the spokesperson added.
Officials reported that Ahmad and Kumar had gone to graze cattle in the Munzla Dhar forest in Adhwari but did not return. Police teams spread out to locate them amid reports of their abduction and subsequent killing by terrorists.
“My brother and Nazir were abducted and martyred by terrorists. They were village defence guards and had gone to graze cattle as usual,” Kumar’s brother Prithvi, said.
He added that the family is in deep shock as Kumar’s martyrdom follows their father Amar Chand’s death only a week ago.
The village learned of the killings when terrorists used the victims’ phones to share pictures of their execution, according to a local source who did not wished to be named.
Kashmir Tigers, an offshoot of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad, claimed responsibility , sharing images of the victims with blindfolded eyes.
Meanwhile, people in various areas of Kishtwar on Friday took to the streets to protest against the killings.
The protesters demanded “immediate elimination” of the terrorists involved in the killings to restore confidence among the local population. Hundreds gathered in the Drabshalla area of the district, burning tyres and blocking roads.
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