Jammu, Feb. 28 -- Police in Shopian cracked multiple sheep theft cases bringing relief to affected families and recovered stolen live stock.

The residents of Heegund Batpora, Ayend Rawalpora and Ramnagri had reported theft incidents involving dozens of stolen sheep causing panic in the area. Consequently, FIR No. 03/2025 at PS Heerpora and FIR Nos. 21/2025, 23/2025, and 31/2025 at PS Shopian were registered and investigations were initiated.

To expedite the investigation and recover the stolen livestock, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted by SSP Shopian comprising officers from PS Shopian and PS Heerpora under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Shopian. The team questioned multiple suspects and analysed CCTV footage from vario...