Kulgam: A policeman, who was abducted by suspected militants from his native village in Kulgam district, late on Friday night, was found dead in Qaimoh area of the district on Saturday.
A police official said that a group of suspected militants barged inside the home of policeman, Constable Mohammad Saleem Shah son of Abdul Gani Shah of Mutalhama village late last night and abducted him.
Saleem was taken to an unknown destination, the official said.
“Today late in the afternoon, the body of the cop was found near Ghat at Odipora, Qaimoh in the southern district,” he said.
The officer said that a police team immediately reached the spot and took the body for all medico-legal formalities in the postmortem.
Saleem, who was earlier working as a Special Police Officer (SPO), was recently promoted as constable.
He had come home on leave few days back from Kathua where he was undergoing training.
