Jammu: In a gruesome act, two government school teachers belonging to the Gujjar community were slaughtered by militants in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on September 14.

Militants swooped on Fatehpur village early on September 14 morning and abducted Bagh Hussain Gujjar and his brother-in-law Shabir Ahmed, both teachers, official sources said in Jammu.

The duo were taken to the nearby forest area where they were tortured and later slaughtered, the sources said adding the limbs of Shabir were chopped and his head cut.

Police recovered the bodies and have launched an operation in the area to track down the militants responsible for the act, they said.

PTI