Three out of four police officers kidnapped by terrorists in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir have been killed. The police managed to rescue one police officer with the help of villagers, the home ministry said.The terrorists barged into the houses of the policemen - three of them are Special Police Officers - in Kapran village and dragged them out, said the police.
Earlier this week, Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists had put out videos in which they had said policemen should resign or prepare to be killed. The home ministry expressed worry about repercussions as the videos floated around in several villages.
The home ministry officials are of the view that the kidnappings occurred as terrorists were under tremendous pressure due to the anti-terror operations by security forces.
Here are the updates:
"My name is Nawaz Ahmad Lone, resident of Kulgam. I was working as an SPO, I am resigning of my own free will, not because of any compulsion," said one Special Police Officer.
Another said he had been an SPO for six years but had resigned on the 17th and had "nothing to do with the police department".
"My name is Shabir Ahmad Thokar, son of Ghulam Mohammad Thokar. I was working as an SPO for last eight years. Through this video l want tell everybody that from today I have no relation with police department," said a third cop in his video.
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- Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) September 20, 2018
One terrorist killed so far. Identity is yet to be ascertained. Search continues.Information is preliminary in nature.@JmuKmrPolice
