Jammu and Kashmir police recovered the bullet-ridden bodies of two personnel from a department van in Udhampur during the early hours of Sunday. Another police constable who was in the vehicle did not suffer any injuries and senior officials are inquiring.
According to police, the constable-rank officers were en route to Subsidiary Training Centre, in Talwara, Reasi district from Sopore, Kashmir on Sunday morning when the incident occurred. The driver constable and a head constable died in the incident while a selection grade constable, who was also travelling in the vehicle, escaped unhurt.
#WATCH | J&K: Two Police personnel died and one injured in an incident of alleged fratricide and suicide in Rehambal area of Udhampur district. One Police personnel injured. Police officials present at the spot. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/8qhHZoPZia
— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2024
On information, senior police officials rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies. The bodies of the slain police personnel were shifted to the district hospital for autopsy. A senior police official said the bullet-riddled bodies of the cops were seen lying inside a police van near the Kali Mata temple in Rehembal area of Udhampur around 6.30am. The slain personnel hailed from Srinagar and Sopore in Kashmir.
Udhampur SSP Amod Nagpure said, "At 6.30am, Rehambal police station received information that two police personnel onboard a police vehicle going from Sopore to Talwara have sustained bullet injuries. The vehicle had three police personnel onboard. Officers from Rehambal station and senior police officers reached the spot. In the initial investigation, it was found that it was a matter of fratricide and suicide; two police personnel died and the third is safe,” ANI reported.
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According to the Cambridge Dictionary, fratricide is defined as the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country.
Police said as per the preliminary probe, a service weapon was used for the murder. “In the preliminary forensic examination and analysis of bodies, it was found that rounds were fired from an AK-47, which was the service weapon. Both bodies have been shifted to GMC Udhampur for postmortem,” Nagpure said.
