A special police officer (SPO) has allegedly gone missing with a service rifle of another cop in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore township, a police spokesperson said today.
According to the spokesperson, the SPO stole the weapon from the personal trunk of a personal security officer (PSO).
SPO namely Waseem Ahmed, a resident of Shatloo Panzala, has stolen a weapon from the personal security officer (PSO) of a protected person in Sopore, the spokesman said.
Ahmed, who was also posted at the residence of the protected person in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, was stationed there without a weapon, he said.
A case has been registered and the police is investigating the matter for further details, he added.
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