Srinagar: Bullet-riddled body of an Army solider, who was abducted by militants on Thursday morning, was recovered in south Kashmir district of Pulwama tonight.
Official sources said soldiers at an Army camp of 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) stopped a private vehicle of a pharmacist, who was on way to duty, and asked him to drop a jawan, identified as Aurangzaib, in Shopian.
However, militants stopped the vehicle near Kalampora between Shadimarg and Shopian and abducted the soldier.
Security forces were rushed to the area and a massive search operation was launched to trace the abducted soldier. “Checkpoints were also established at many places and vehicles were being thoroughly checked before allowing to pass,” they said.
However, they said bullet-riddled body of the jawan was recovered at village Goosu in Pulwama tonight.
They said Aurangzaib was going to Poonch in Jammu region, his native place, on Eid holidays. He was posted as personal guard of Major Shukla, the Army officer who killed top militant commander Sameer Tiger in south Kashmir last month.
