India, Nov. 13 -- The bullet-riddled bodies of two special police officers (SPOs) were recovered from a forest in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district early Thursday, a day after they went missing while travelling to report for patrolling duty, officials aware of the matter said, adding that their service weapons and ammunition were missing and are believed to have been taken away by terrorists.

The incident follows an attack on a CRPF checkpost in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday, in which three security personnel were injured, one of them critically.

"The bodies were recovered between 8am and 9am on Thursday," a security official said, requesting anonymity. "A massive operation is underway to identify, track and neutralis...