CRPF officer found dead in stream in Jammu and Kashmir

The ASI was undergoing a course at the Humahama Subsidiary training centre in Srinagar and was reported missing from duty on February 14

An assistant sub-inspector of the CRPF was Saturday found dead under suspicious circumstances in a stream along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, police said.

the officer was posted in Sopore township of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. (Shutterstock)

The body of ASI Harinder Singh, posted with the 177th battalion of the CRPF, was found in the stream at Kelamore in Ramban district, a police official said.

He said the officer was posted in Sopore township of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

The ASI was undergoing a course at the Humahama Subsidiary training centre in Srinagar and was reported missing from duty on February 14, the official said.

“An autopsy was being conducted by a team of doctors and the body will be handed over to the CRPF after legal formalities,” he said.