J&K Extra Troops Leave Public Buildings Amid Outcry, Political Row
NDTV
Some 5,000 more troops were recently brought to Srinagar after a rise in terrorist attacks. But due to lack of any designated accommodation for more personnel, the administration had kept them in community centres and marriage halls
After a row over use of marriage halls and community centres as security barracks in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF has started vacating them and shifting its personnel to other accommodation.
Some 5,000 more troops were recently brought to Srinagar after a rise in terrorist attacks. But due to lack of any designated accommodation for more personnel, the administration had kept them in community centres and marriage halls, leading to a public outcry and political controversy.
The fresh induction is the first troop build-up in Kashmir valley after a massive security mobilisation in 2019 when over 700 additional companies or 70,000 troops were brought before the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped and the state was divided into two Union Territories.
Officials said the CRPF troops have moved out of a two-storey wedding hall in downtown Srinagar to another location.
