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J&K: Army jawan deserts camp, decamps with rifle
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jul 6, 2017, 11.36 AM IST
Zahoor Thokar, a native of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, had deserted his unit early hours of Thursday morning.
NEW DELHI: A massive manhunt has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir after a territorial Army soldier decamped with a rifle in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday ostensibly to join terrorist ranks, police said.
"Army jawan Zahoor Thokar, of 173 of Territorial Army, took away one AK-47 rifle and three magazines from his camp in Gantmulla area of Baramulla district," a senior police official said, adding, "He might have escaped to join a terrorist outfit but massive searh operations are underway to nab him."
Thokar, a native of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, had deserted his unit early hours of Thursday morning.
Sources said he might have escaped to join a militant outfit.
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jul 6, 2017, 11.36 AM IST
Zahoor Thokar, a native of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, had deserted his unit early hours of Thursday morning.
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NEW DELHI: A massive manhunt has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir after a territorial Army soldier decamped with a rifle in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday ostensibly to join terrorist ranks, police said.
"Army jawan Zahoor Thokar, of 173 of Territorial Army, took away one AK-47 rifle and three magazines from his camp in Gantmulla area of Baramulla district," a senior police official said, adding, "He might have escaped to join a terrorist outfit but massive searh operations are underway to nab him."
Thokar, a native of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, had deserted his unit early hours of Thursday morning.
Sources said he might have escaped to join a militant outfit.