Srinagar: Anger among paramilitary CRPF jawans was evident on Tuesday as no political leader showed up at the wreath laying ceremony of their colleagues who were killed in a militant attack in Anantnag district.
As officers and jawans of the CRPF and state police bid a tearful adieu to the two men slain yesterday, rage overtook grief as some personnel from the paramilitary force hit out at the politicians for their absence at the event.
“We lay our life for the country, but there is no value.
No politician turned up for the ceremony,” a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan said on the condition of anonymity.
He said someone from the government should have represented the state to pay homage to the deceased.
“They died for the country, for the security of the people. Someone (politician) should have been here,” he added. A wreath laying ceremony was held at Humhama Regimental Centre of the CRPF to pay tributes to Assistant Sub Inspector Omkar Nath Singh and Constable Trilok Singh, who were killed near Sangam on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway yesterday.
Earlier, senior officers led by Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar and Inspector General of CRPF Atul Karwal were in attendance at the ceremony where the two laid floral wreaths on the coffins carrying bodies of the slain jawans.
Referring to yesterday’s episode, Karwal said there were lessons to be learnt from the incident and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be better prepared in future to deal with such incidents.
“We learn from such incidents and we come up better prepared to handle them,” he said.
Asked if the rise in militant attacks in south Kashmir was a cause of worry for security forces in Kashmir, Karwal said the agencies had anticipated the trend in view of intelligence inputs.
“Preparations are afoot to meet such challenges,” he said.
The IG CRPF paid homage to the slain cops saying it was a loss to the nation, the force and their families.
“It is a very sad and unfortunate incident. It is a loss to the nation, to the force and families. Families have our support in this hour of grief. We are determined not to allow the morale of the forces to go down,” A wreath laying ceremony was held at Humhama Regimental Centre of the CRPF to pay tributes to Assistant Sub Inspector Omkar Nath Singh and Constable Trilok Singh, who were killed near Sangam on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway yesterday.
Senior officers led by Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar and Inspector General of CRPF Atul Karwal were in attendance at the ceremony where the two laid floral wreaths on the coffins carrying bodies of the slain jawans.
Referring to yesterday’s episode, Karwal said there were lessons to be learnt from the incident and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be better prepared in future to deal with such incidents.
“We learn from such incidents and we come up better prepared to handle them,” he said.
Asked if the rise in militant attacks in south Kashmir was a cause of worry for security forces in Kashmir, Karwal said the agencies had anticipated the trend in view of intelligence inputs.
“Preparations are afoot to meet such challenges,” he said.
“It is a very sad and unfortunate incident. It is a loss to the nation, to the force and families. Families have our support in this hour of grief. We are determined not to allow the morale of the forces to go down,” he said.
However, Inspector General of Police, CRPF, Atul Karwal, defied such sentiments saying that the presence of the politicians was “not material”.
“I feel we have the support of the political hierarchy.
The presence is not material as much as is the support we need and we feel we have that. DGP (state police K Rajendra Kumar) is here,” he said. (PTI)