Missing SPO joins Hizbul (Lead)
Wednesday - June 27, 2018 12:42 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Srinagar June 27 (IANS) A special police officer (SPO) who went missing from Pampore police station in Jammu and Kashmir with an AK-47 rifle has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen the militant group said.
Hizb spokesman Burhan-u-Din called a local news agency and claimed that Irfan Ahmad Dar had joined the group.
"SPO Irfan Ahmad Dar a resident of Nehama Kakapora of Pulwama district who fled with his rifle has joined Hizb-ul-Mujahideen " the spokesman said.
Dar went missing on Tuesday from Pampore police station along with the AK-47 rifle. Police said earlier that a hunt had been launched to trace him.
SPOs are engaged on a fixed monthly packet in Jammu and Kashmir to fight militancy. They are neither trained in handling firearms nor are they issued service weapons.
--IANS sq/mr
Hizb spokesman Burhan-u-Din called a local news agency and claimed that Irfan Ahmad Dar had joined the group.
"SPO Irfan Ahmad Dar a resident of Nehama Kakapora of Pulwama district who fled with his rifle has joined Hizb-ul-Mujahideen " the spokesman said.
Dar went missing on Tuesday from Pampore police station along with the AK-47 rifle. Police said earlier that a hunt had been launched to trace him.
SPOs are engaged on a fixed monthly packet in Jammu and Kashmir to fight militancy. They are neither trained in handling firearms nor are they issued service weapons.
--IANS sq/mr
