Terrorists abduct Indian Army jawan in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian; soldier from 44 Rashtriya Rifles was on leave

Terrorists abducted an Indian Army jawan, identified as Aurangzeb, in Shopian on Thursday, according to several media reports. The Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a massive manhunt and begun an inquiry,  ANI  reported. The jawan, who was involved in Sameer Tiger encounter, posted at Shadimarg army camp, was on way to his home when he was kidnapped.

J&K: Photo of Army Jawan, Aurangzeb who has been abducted by terrorists from Pulwama district. He is a resident of Poonch. Police investigation underway. pic.twitter.com/NNRhHeFfpD

— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2018

Police told Firstpost army men from 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Pulwama stopped a private vehicle and asked the driver to drop Aurangzeb at Shopian in South Kashmir. However, when the vehicle reached near Kalampora, militants stopped the vehicle and abducted Aurangzeb. According to a report in  NDTV , the jawan belongs to 44 Rashtriya Rifles and was involved in the anti-terror operations in Shopian. Aurangzeb was a PSO of Major Shukla and the militants are also keeping a tab on Major Shukla and his aides who were all a part of the Sameer Tiger encounter, CNN-News 18 reported.

#BREAKING -- Militants keeping tabs on Major Shukla. They were successful in abducting one of Major Shukla's close aides. @islahmufti with more details. pic.twitter.com/Z6K5idNQTU

— News18 (@CNNnews18) June 14, 2018

Earlier on Thursday, terrorists opened fire at a joint checkpoint of CRPF and Police near Pulwama’s Gangoo.

On 10 May, 2017, 22-year-old  Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz was abducted by five to six militants from his relative’s house in south Kashmir’s Shopian. His bullet-riddled body was found in Herman area of Shopian on Wednesday morning, a police official said.

With inputs from Ishfaq Naseem