Militants Kidnap, Kill Former SPO in J&K’s Shopian

Besides the former SPO, two other persons were also kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.

Srinagar: A former special police officer (SPO) was killed by suspected militants on Friday after they kidnapped him in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The bullet-riddled body of former SPO Basharat Ahmad Wagay was recovered, hours after he was kidnapped, a police official said.

Besides the former SPO, two other persons were also kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.

The police official said that the two other kidnapped persons – Zahid Ahmad Wagay and Reyaz Ahmad Wagay – were released by the suspected militants.

Militants killed two persons – one shot dead and another terminated in ISIS-style execution – in South Kashmir last week on the charge of being informers of security forces.

(PTI)