India, Nov. 12 -- The bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who went missing while on duty in the remote Dachhan-Marwah area of Kishtwar district, were recovered on Thursday, triggering a massive counter-terrorist operation to track down the assailants, officials said.

The slain personnel have been identified as Babi Chand (57) and Rashpal Kumar(45).

Both were deployed at Police Post Kiyar and were proceeding towards a temporary operating base of the Army's 17 Rashtriya Rifles at Deherna Top to relieve their colleagues when they went missing on Wednesday.

Officials said the two SPOs had proceeded towards the Army post along with pony porters after being accompanied up to Kiyar Top by a Special Operations Group (S...