Udhampur: Officials found bullet-ridden dead bodies of two police personnel inside a police vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur on Sunday morning, news agency ANI reported.
The Udhampur police said that an AK-47 rifle was used to kill the two personnel. Amod Ashok Nagpure, SSP Udhampur, said the two cops were going from Sopore to the Talwara training centre.
“The incident happened at 6:30 am. They were going from Sopore towards the training centre in Talwara. As per the initial investigation, it has been proven that an AK-47 rifle was used in the incident. Two Police personnel have died. A third Police personnel is safe. They will be taken to GMC Udhampur for postmortem and other procedures,” the SSP added.
Nagpure said that this is an incident of fratricide and suicide. “Further investigation is underway to trace out truth behind this incident,” he told ANI.
The incident comes just days after a special police officer (SPO) working with Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police was found dead near Jammu’s Wave Mall.