Two village defence guards (VDGs) have been killed on Thursday in a militant assault within the Chatroo space of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.
The VDGs have been recognized as Kuldeep Kumar and Nazir. The Kashmir Tigers militant outfit has claimed accountability for his or her killings.
Senior officers of the district confirmed that each the VDGs had been reported lacking earlier within the day, earlier than the militant outfit launched their images. Police and safety forces have rushed to the realm.
The realm has witnessed militant motion for the previous a number of months, a senior officer stated, including that throughout the latest Meeting elections, there had been exchanges of fireside between militants and safety forces within the space on at the very least two events.
In the meantime, sources stated that each the VDGs had gone to the forests at Kuntwara in Chatroo with livestock within the morning. They didn’t return by night.
Earlier than village residents approached the police, militants launched the images of the 2 VDGs with an announcement that they have been killed.
That is the second militant assault in Jammu province within the final 9 days. On October 29, Military troops killed all of the three militants who had attacked an ambulance in Jammu district’s Battal space.
