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Police Find Officer Bashir Ahmed Dead, Terror Angle Unruled

By Drooid · Oct 16, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC · How we work

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Police found Police Officer Bashir Ahmed dead in Kishtwar district on Friday.
Ahmed, 55, vanished around 7 am Thursday after leaving Pedil post for home, taking his SLR.
His body and service rifle were found near his Wanipora, Trigam residence.
A Forensic Science Laboratory team collected samples while police, army and paramilitary forces kept the search.
Investigators said a terror angle has not been ruled out, though no evidence supports it.

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Police found Police Officer Bashir Ahmed dead in Kishtwar district on Friday.
Ahmed, 55, vanished around 7 am Thursday after leaving Pedil post for home, taking his SLR.
His body and service rifle were found near his Wanipora, Trigam residence.
A Forensic Science Laboratory team collected samples while police, army and paramilitary forces kept the search.
Investigators said a terror angle has not been ruled out, though no evidence supports it.