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Jammu and Kashmir SPO Missing With Service Rifle; Search Operation Underway
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have launched a comprehensive search operation after a Special Police Officer disappeared along with his service weapon. Police teams are systematically combing forest areas, adjoining regions and all possible transit routes to locate the missing officer and firearm.
LSN India ·
A Special Police Officer (SPO) attached to the Jammu and Kashmir Police has gone missing along with his assigned service rifle, prompting security forces to initiate an extensive search operation across the region. The disappearance has triggered immediate action from law enforcement agencies concerned about both the officer's safety and the unaccounted weapon.
Police teams have mobilized search parties to systematically sweep through forest patches, wooded terrain and surrounding localities in the vicinity of the officer's last known location. Multiple routes—both established roads and remote pathways—are being covered as part of the coordinated search effort.
The operation encompasses coordination between ground-level police units and support personnel to ensure comprehensive coverage of potential areas where the missing officer and rifle may be located. While authorities continue their search, details regarding the exact timeline of the disappearance and circumstances leading up to it remain under investigation.
The missing service weapon has added urgency to the search operation, with security protocols activated to monitor border areas and sensitive locations. Authorities have appealed to the public for any information that could assist in locating the missing SPO and his firearm.