NEW DELHI: Two Special Police Officers (SPOs) went missing from Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kishtwar district on Wednesday, prompting a search operation, officials said, according to news agency PTI.Both officers were part of the Special Operations Group (SOG) deployed in the Kiyar area of Dachhan in Kishtwar.Police teams have launched a search operation, with officials monitoring developments in the case, PTI reported.The incident comes amid a separate attack on security personnel in Kulgam district, where three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at a security checkpoint on Wednesday afternoon.The firing took place at around 2.15 pm when the assailants targeted CRPF personnel deployed at a naka, or security checkpoint, in Kulgam, the force said. The attackers fled shortly after opening fire.“There has been firing on CRPF Naka at Kulgam, Kashmir. Three personnel injured. Operations are going on to nab the perpetrators and best possible treatment is being provided to the injured personnel,” the CRPF said in a statement.
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The injured personnel were shifted to Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, for treatment. Security agencies have launched a search operation to track down the attackers, an official said.The checkpoint is around 4 km from the National Highway. Of the three injured personnel, two sustained minor injuries, while the third was reported to be slightly serious, the official said, ANI reported.The injured CRPF personnel have been identified as Head Constable Somveer Singh and Constables Rakesh Dass and Santosh Chandru. Chandru, a resident of West Bengal, sustained injuries to his abdomen and spine. His condition was stated to be slightly serious.Dass, who hails from Assam, suffered a bullet injury to his leg, while Singh, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, sustained a bullet injury to his arm. Both were reported to be stable.