Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, May 4: Three personal security officers (PSOs) of a National Conference leader, arrested last week after two of their weapons went missing from NC leaders highly guarded house, were shifted to Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) Srinagar today.
Sources said the three PSOs of Farooq Ahmad Sheikh brother of former MLA Rafiq Ahmad Sheikh were shifted to JIC Srinagar for questioning as they have not revealed anything about missing weapons to the Shopian police.
Police in Shopian could not get any lead about the missing weapons and now the arrested PSOs have been handed over to the Counter Insurgency Kashmir (CIK) wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar who will reportedly now look into militancy angle of the missing weapons.
It may be mentioned here that two AK-47 Rifles 6 magazine and 180 rounds of ammunition of the PSOs of the NC leader went missing from the house of the NC leader last week.
The NC leader and his brother have 4 PSOs, who were having 3 AK-47 and one Insas rifles. However, on April 25 they reported to the security wing of the police that two AK-47 rifles that were kept in a cupboard in NC leaders Kachdora house in Shopian were missing along with some ammunition.
Three PSOs Constable Reyaz Ahmad belt no. 717 of Police security, Selection Grade Constable Shoukat Ahmad belt no 475 of police security and constable Shamsdin belt no 229 of IRP 20 battalion were arrested by the police after the security wing lodged a missing report of the arms and ammunition with the Shopian Police.
The house of the NC leader is highly guarded by a platoon of 14th Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force Personnel (CRPF). All the visitors to the NC leaders house are being frisked by the CRPF before allowing them inside the house.
Sources said that the three police men didn’t reveal anything to the Shopian police about missing weapons. Police also questioned the CRPF men who are on guard duty at the NC leader’s house but they also couldn’t reveal anything.
Now police feels that the missing weapons might have fallen into the hands of militants and that is why they have been handed over to the CIK for questioning. Earlier it was taken as a theft case and now the police are not ruling out the possibility of the weapons falling into the hands of militants.
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