NB Explains | Massive search operation on after Indian Army jawan on leave goes missing from Kulgam
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Kulgam, July 31: In a shocking development, security forces have launched a massive search and rescue operation after an Indian Army soldier on leave went missing from his native Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
It should be noted that the union territory saw several cases of abduction and killing of security personnel in recent years.
The father of the soldier, posted in the Ladakh region, said he was supposed to join work on Sunday.
Mother of 25 year old Indian Army soldier Javed Ahmed Wani who went missing from Kulgam in South Kashmir appeals to Pakistani terrorists to release her son. Javed went missing yesterday. His car was found abandoned in Paranhall area with blood marks. Massive search ops underway. pic.twitter.com/gDBEeXToqC
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) July 30, 2023
What happened?
Javaid Ahmad Wani's car was found at Paranhall. Eyewitnesses claim there were blood marks in the car but police officials did not confirm it. His father has appealed to those who might have abducted the soldier to release him alive since he was the only breadwinner of the family.
Past cases
On May 11, 2017, 22-year-old Army officer Lt Ummer Fayaz, who was on leave to attend a family wedding, was abducted from south Kashmir's Shopian and shot dead by terrorists.
Rifleman Aurangzeb was abducted and killed by terrorists. His body was found at Gusoo, Pulwama, on June 15, 2018.
The bullet-riddled body of a Jammu and Kashmir police constable was found at Saleem Shah of kulgam on July 21, 2018.
On September 21, 2018, three J&K policemen were abducted and killed by terrorists in Shopian. Their bodies were recovered from an orchard in the area the next morning.