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The bullet-riddled bodies of the two SPOs, Babi Chand (57) and Rashpal Kumar (45), were recovered from Kishtwar early Thursday, a day after they went missing from the remote Dachhan area.

Officials suspect it to be a militant attack as weapons of both the SPOs have gone missing and might have been taken along by the attackers.

Th two were travelling from the Kiyar camp to an Army post at Dharna-Marwah but failed to reach their destination. Their mobile phones were initially reachable before being switched off.

No reports of any loss of life or damage to property were received from anywhere in the Union Territory.

On October 15, SPO Bashir Ahmed had gone missing along with his service SLR weapon from police picket Trigam in Kishtwar.

A police official said police are investigating the cause and nature of the death of the SPO. “Further investigation is going on,” he said.