A Special Police Officer (SPO) who had deserted the force in 2017 is among the two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorists behind the recent killing of two non-Kashmiri civilians in Shopian District in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. The former SPO has been identified as Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu, who is currently the ‘district commander’ of HM in Shopian. He has been threatening apple growers not to send their produce to Indian markets Though the police did not mention the group affiliation of the terrorists, officials said both were affiliated to HM.