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J&K: Bullet-Riddled Bodies of 2 Missing SPOs Found in Kishtwar

J&K: Bullet-Riddled Bodies of 2 Missing SPOs Found in Kishtwar

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Two Special Police Officers were found dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, with their bullet‑riddled bodies recovered on Thursday, a day after they went missing while patrolling. The incident has drawn attention to the role and powers of Special Police Officers.

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RSS excerpt

The service weapons of the slain personnel were not found, raising suspicions of a possible militant angle

3 of the 15 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), all from the same agency.

Coverage arrived over 13 hours. First from Business Standard, latest from NDTV.

High Corroboration 10 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by Business Standard at 16:15 UTC on 11 Nov.

Everything here arrived on one day, and nothing since.

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  9. Deccan Chronicle Deccan Chronicle Holdings Current article

    J&K: Bullet-Riddled Bodies of 2 Missing SPOs Found in Kishtwar

    The service weapons of the slain personnel were not found, raising suspicions of a possible militant angle

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  11. Free Press Kashmir Free Press Kashmir

    Bullet-riddled bodies of two missing SPOs found in Kishtwar, service weapons missing

    Jammu: The bodies of two missing Special Police Officers (SPOs), bearing multiple bullet injuries, were recovered from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district early Thursday, officials told PTI. The two personnel had gone missing on Wednesday from the remote Dachhan area while travelling from their…

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  13. Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    Bullet-riddled bodies of 2 missing SPOs recovered in J-K's Kishtwar; had gone missing on way to Army base

    Srinagar: A day after three CRPF personnel were injured in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) who went missing while travelling to an Army post in Kishtwar district were recovered from a forest area in Dachhan on…

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Who did not run this

10 newsrooms ran this event. 22 others published in India recently and did not.

See which 22 newsrooms
  • ANI ANI Media
  • DT Next Daily Thanthi Group
  • Frontline The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons)
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Hindustan Times HT Media
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • Rising Kashmir Rising Kashmir
  • Sabrang India Sabrang India
  • The Assam Tribune Assam Tribune Group
  • The Better India
  • The Federal New Generation Media Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
  • The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd.
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The National Herald The Associated Journals Ltd.
  • The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
  • The Pioneer The Pioneer
  • The Shillong Times The Shillong Times
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The South First The South First
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Tribune The Tribune Trust

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