CRPF jawan who lost kin in Sukma attack slams Rajnath

Rajnath Singh are misleading Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he went on to add, urging the home minister to visit the homes of slain soldiers.

“He should do it if he really wants to sympathise with them. That will be the biggest balm,” he said. Incidentally, Mishra had spoken to media persons earlier supporting Tej Bahadur’s video. “I request the media to understand our pain,” he said. “Ask jawans what are their problems,” he said and lambasted “defence specialists” who questioned the training programmes of the CRPF.

“It is better to die once. It’s a very pathetic scenario. My colleagues also don’t raise their voice,” he said. “Please understand our pain.” In Delhi, a CRPF official, who refused to be named, said: “The CRPF headquarter has asked field formations to ensure no such comment is posted on social media by their personnel. This particular post is also being removed.”

The BJP on Wednesday alleged that a vehicle carrying the body of a CRPF soldier, who was killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh, was stopped to allow “smooth passage” to the chief minister’s motorcade.

BJP leader and Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav said the body of constable Naresh Yadav was being taken to Darbhanga on Tuesday night when the vehicle was stopped near gate no. 2 of Patna airport to give passage to chief minister Nitish Kumar’s motorcade. “This is height of insensitivity,” he said.

Naresh Yadav and five other CRPF men from Bihar were among 25 soldiers killed in one of the deadliest ambushes by Maoists in Sukma area of Chhattisgarh on Monday.

Neither the chief minister, who was attending a programme nearby, nor his cabinet colleagues were present when the bodies of bravehearts arrived at the airport, Ram Kripal Yadav said.

“I was at the airport since 5.30 pm, while the bodies arrived much later. I could see only Shyam Rajak, MLA, from the ruling Janata Dal (United) there. Five bodies, that arrived later, were being taken to the native places of slain soldiers on different trucks when one of the vehicles was stopped,” he added.

“Even the chief secretary, director-general of police, home secretary and the cabinet secretary were not present,” the Union minister added.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad promptly came to the defence of his ally Nitish Kumar. “May be, he was not aware that the vehicle carrying the body of the CRPF jawan was being made to wait,” Prasad said.

BODY OF A CONSTABLE WAS BEING TAKEN TO DARBHANGA WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED TO GIVE PASSAGE TO NITISH’S MOTORCADE