Constable Decamps With Four Assault Rifles in Jammu & Kashmir

The constable was suspected to have joined a terror group.

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A constable, who was part of the security cover of an officer injured in a militant attack last month, has decamped with four AK assault rifles from Bijbehara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Constable Mashooq Ahmad failed to report for duties at the office of SDPO Bijbehara for two days, raising suspicion about his activities.

During the inspection of the police station premises, four assault rifles were found missing. It is suspected that the constable took the rifles with him, adding an alert has been sounded in south Kashmir area to trace the “deserter”.

Mashooq, a resident of Shopian district, was part of the security cover of DSP Irshad Ahmad, who was injured in a militant attack at Bijbehara on 24 December 2015.

Police have also not ruled out the constable’s involvement in the attack on the officer, which had also left another cop injured.