The soldier was kidnapped this evening (Representational)
An army man was kidnapped by terrorists from his home in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Friday evening. Army jawan Mohammad Yaseen Bhat was on a month-long leave and visiting his home in Qazipora Chadoora in the district.
Mohammad Yaseen Bhat, a rifleman in the army, had returned home on February 26. Armed terrorists stormed his home and took him away.
Officials say efforts are on to locate the army man.
The kidnapping comes at a time when there is heightened security in the Kashmir Valley after last month's terror attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pulwama in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed.
In June last year, Aurangzeb - a rifleman with 44 Rashtriya Rifles - was kidnapped and shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama when he was travelling in a private vehicle, on his way home in Poonch to celebrate Eid with his family.
The soldier's killing had led to an outpouring of grief in his village in Mendhar, 250 km from Sirnagar. About fifty men claimed that they left their lucrative jobs in Saudi Arabia to return permanently to Salani village, to join the police force and the army to avenge the death of their friend and fellow villager.
Aurangzeb's murder was followed by the killing of two policemen and a CRPF jawan when they were home on leave.