Why was there no young man in Pahalgam’s Basaron Valley? CRPF DG sought answers from commandant

New Delhi: CRPF DG GP Singh has issued a cause notice to Rajesh Kumar, the 116th Battalion Commandant of CRPF posted in Pahalgam area in the case of 26 people killed in a terrorist attack on April 22 in Basaron Valley in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. In the notice, he has asked why no jawan was deployed to CRPF on the spot. A CRPF official told that in this case DG Singh has asked Commandant Rajesh that he should tell why he did not have their soldiers in Basaron Valley? Sources say that neither any policeman of Jammu and Kashmir nor any CRPF jawan was stationed in Basaron Valley on the day of the attack. While tourists were going to Basaron Maidan in front of the CRPF camp, about seven kilometers below Basaron Maidan.

If you had a single young man, I would not have dared

It is said that this Basaron Maidan was opened for tourists throughout the year, but for the safety of tourists, neither Jammu and Kashmir Police built any of its posts there nor any CRPF jawan was there. Sources say that if a person equipped with AK-47 on behalf of Jammu and Kashmir Police or CRPF had been on the spot, then the terrorists could not have such a great courage.

Police is also investigating at its level

The terrorists shot and killed 26 people in the open ground. If a single force of the force was there, it would have been heavy to answer them. Because, where did he run away. But no soldier was stationed there that day. After this lapse or negligence, the CRPF DG has sought an answer from Rajesh Kumar, Commandant of the 116th Battalion of CRPF there. Sources in the case say that the Jammu and Kashmir Police is also investigating this lapse at its level.