Jammu, Sep 23: Two police personnel were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Batote tehsil of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Officials here on Wednesday said that two constables in Jammu and Kashmir Police were found unconscious late on Tuesday evening in Sana area at Ziarat Morh and were shifted to District Hospital Ramban, where doctors declared them brought dead.
The deceased have been identified as Head Constable Farid Ahmed of Bhatti, Ramban and Selection Grade Constable Muhammad Yaqoob of Jatgali, Ramban.
Both were posted at District Police Lines (DPL), Ramban.
The bodies have been kept at the hospital for medico-legal formalities, they said.
"The exact cause of death was not immediately known while a postmortem report is awaited," they said.
Official said that the exact cause and circumstances leading to their deaths were not immediately known.
Police have initiated proceedings to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.