00:00There's a piece of breaking news coming in now.
00:02After Kulgam firing incident, two special police officers of Jamin Kashmir Police
00:07have been reportedly gone missing in Kishtawar District.
00:12What we do know is that at approximately 3.30pm,
00:18two special operations group personnel were heading towards Basnan area
00:23under Marwa Police Station and during their movement,
00:26firing was reported in the forest area
00:29and at the same time, the mobile network was also disrupted in the Marwa area.
00:34And approximately at 7pm, an SOG party along with the SHO
00:41proceeded towards the concerned area for necessary action.
00:47Meir Farid is joining us live from Srinagar.
00:50Meir, give us the details.
00:53Well, right now, the security forces are busy in this intense search operation
00:59two SPOs, as you rightly said, they were part of the special operation group
01:03of the Jamin Kashmir Police, which specifically looks after anti-terror duties.
01:09Now, these are temporary operating bases that have been set up by joint forces
01:13at various locations, especially close to the forested area
01:16and routes that have been taken by terrorists in the last few years,
01:21just to ensure that there is area domination and pressure is kept on them.
01:26Now, it seems that these two cops were heading towards one such QOB
01:30to relieve an army party.
01:32And it is during this time that they have gone missing.
01:36Since their phones are also coming switched off,
01:39the area doesn't have a great mobile connectivity.
01:41Some towers, we've been told, are also down.
01:44And since an intense search operation is on,
01:47the SOG, the police, some army parties have also joined in
01:50and they're trying to locate them.
01:53In fact, some gunshots have also been heard from the forest area
01:57at least two, three hours back.
01:59So that is also adding to the worries of the security forces.
02:04They're trying to locate them, trying to get to them as early as possible.
02:08But as I said, senior officers are also at the location.
02:11It's a forested area.
02:12It's a tricky area, low visibility, night time.
02:15So the operation may take some time.
02:17But yes, two cops who are from the special operations group
02:22specifically dealing with anti-terror operations,
02:24they have gone missing in Kashtawar.
02:27And obviously, all angles are being investigated.
02:29But right now, the focus is to somehow reach them
02:33and hope that they're safe and that they're brought back to safety.
02:38That's what they intend.
02:39And it's happening just some hours after what happened in Kulgam,
02:43where you had an attack on the CRPF party.
02:46And now, this new challenge for the security forces
02:48to find two of their own in Kashtawar.
02:51All right, Amir, Fareed, I appreciate your time.
02:53Thank you so much for joining us.
