The victims, identified as Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, were reportedly kidnapped from their residences in a remote village of Kishtwar district by a group of armed militants. According to sources, the militants shot dead them in Kuntwara forest area of Kishtwar.
Srinagar: Two village defence guards (VDGs) were reportedly shot dead by militants after being kidnapped from their homes in the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Thursday.
The victims, identified as Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, were reportedly kidnapped from their residences in a remote village of Kishtwar district by a group of armed militants. According to sources, the militants shot dead them in Kuntwara forest area of Kishtwar.
A local English daily—Rising Kashmir—quoting an unnamed senior police officer said the bodies of the guards have been recovered and a massive search operation has been launched by security forces in the area.
VDGs, previously known as Village Defence Committees (VDCs), were set-up in the mid-1990s as a countermeasure to militant attacks, acting as a force multiplier in vulnerable areas.
