Continue with your duties fearlessly, CRPF chief tells troopers amid pellet gun row
CRPF Director General G P Singh has publicly defended his troops following the use of pellet guns against protesters, stating that standard protocols were followed. The force maintains that the actions were justified and will take responsibility for the decisions made.
Why it matters
Highlights the tension between law enforcement accountability and the use of force in managing civil unrest.
NEW DELHI: As personnel of Rapid Action Force (RAF), a unit of CRPF, face questions for having fired pellet guns at anti-NEET paper leak protesters, CRPF director general G P Singh has come forward to support all his troops taking decisions and actions in bona fide discharge of their duties.Addressing personnel at CRPF investiture ceremony coinciding with its Raising Day Monday, Singh said, "As DG of CRPF, I want to assure each one of you that whether it is an operational battalion or law-and-order unit, whatever decisions you carry out in the bona fide discharge of your duties and which are aligned with interests of the public, the force and the nation, I shall take responsibility for all those decisions and actions. Continue to perform your duties fearlessly.
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