Army Jawan Abducted by Militants From His House in Kashmir's Budgam District
Mohammad Yasin Bhat of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Unit was abducted from his home in Qazipora Chadoora area of Budgam.
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Srinagar: An Army jawan was kidnapped by militants from his home in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening.
The family of Mohammad Yasin Bhat, posted with Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment, informed police that some people came to their house at Qazipora Chadura and took him away.
Yasin had come home for a month-long vacation on February 26. A manhunt has been launched to trace his whereabouts, officials said.
A joint team of police and army personnel was sent to his village and a search operation was launched in the area, officials said.
The abduction comes at a time when the Army, and other security forces, posted in Kashmir, have been put on high alert following the face-off with Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
In June, an army soldier Aurangzeb of 44 Rashtriya Rifles posted in south Kashmir’s Shopian district was abducted by militants and his bullet-riddled body was found 10 kilometers away from the place of kidnapping.
Aurangzeb, a resident of Poonch in Jammu was on way to his home to celebarate Eid when militants abducted him. The Army had questioned three personnel of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of Aurangzeb.
The family of Mohammad Yasin Bhat, posted with Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment, informed police that some people came to their house at Qazipora Chadura and took him away.
Yasin had come home for a month-long vacation on February 26. A manhunt has been launched to trace his whereabouts, officials said.
A joint team of police and army personnel was sent to his village and a search operation was launched in the area, officials said.
The abduction comes at a time when the Army, and other security forces, posted in Kashmir, have been put on high alert following the face-off with Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
In June, an army soldier Aurangzeb of 44 Rashtriya Rifles posted in south Kashmir’s Shopian district was abducted by militants and his bullet-riddled body was found 10 kilometers away from the place of kidnapping.
Aurangzeb, a resident of Poonch in Jammu was on way to his home to celebarate Eid when militants abducted him. The Army had questioned three personnel of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of Aurangzeb.