Overview
- The two Special Police Officers, Babi Chand and Rashpal Kumar, went missing on Wednesday and were found shot dead in the Dachhan forest the following morning, about two kilometres from where they disappeared.
- Investigators report that an INSAS rifle and a .303 rifle with magazines were missing from the scene and that empty Pakistan‑origin armour‑piercing steel‑core cartridges were recovered, prompting forensic examination.
- Inspector General of Police Tejinder Singh and senior Jammu police officers visited Kiyar to meet families and to review continuing anti‑terror operations in the area.
- Bereaved families have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe and rapid strengthening of local security, while BJP leaders publicly accused police of operational lapses, raised allegations about SPO recruitment links to former over‑ground workers, and criticised how the bodies were handled.
- Kiyar residents say the killings reopen wounds from major militant attacks in 2000 and 2004 and point to a long decline in local security posts from dozens to only a few, increasing calls for restored permanent pickets, better communications and urgent development of road access.