BSF jawan goes missing in J&K: ‘Some personal reasons’

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A Border Security Force jawan went missing from the battalion headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar in the late hours of Thursday, according to reports.

The missing jawan was identified as Sugam Choudhary, who is a part of the 60th Battalion stationed at Panthachowk. He remains untraceable despite efforts to look for him in nearby areas, India Today reported.

A missing report has been filed, and efforts are being made to search for him.

"There is no subversive angle. Jawan belonging to 60th Battalion may have fled to his home because of some personal reasons," police sources told the Times of India (TOI).

BSF officials, as cited by TOI, said that Choudhary was last seen at the battalion premises but could not be located despite extensive searches in the surrounding areas.

The turn of events comes as the security forces have ramped up anti-terror operations across Jammu and Kashmir since the Pahalgam terror attack.

Earlier this week, the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack – Suleman Shah – and two other terrorists were gunned down by the forces under ‘Operation Mahadev’ in the Dachigam area of Srinagar.

Two more terrorists were neutralised after they attempted to infiltrate through the Line of Control in the Poonch sector under Operation Shiv Shakti a day later.