New J&K Bunkers, Use Of Wedding Halls As Barracks Trigger Outcry
NDTV
A CRPF official said additional troops were deployed in Srinagar in view of the requirement and the places for their accommodation were chosen by the civil administration.
National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had "regressed" to such an extent that community halls built during his tenure as chief minister of the erstwhile state were being used as barracks for security forces. My Government built community/marriage halls & demolished bunkers in Srinagar. It's disappointing to see the security situation in the city has now regressed so far that new bunkers have are being constructed & the marriage halls are being used as barracks for security forces. After placing security bunkers at every nook & corner of Srinagar, CRPF personnel have been pushed into marriage halls which is the only private space left for people here. Every day more draconian laws are brought in with the sole purpose of suffocating people into silence. https://t.co/INmx3IoS7Q
"My Government built community/marriage halls & demolished bunkers in Srinagar. It's disappointing to see the security situation in the city has now regressed so far that new bunkers are being constructed & the marriage halls are being used as barracks for security forces (sic)," he wrote on Twitter.
His remarks came after reports of a few community halls or marriage halls being taken over by the CRPF in Srinagar. The security forces' presence has been strengthened in Srinagar following a recent spike in terrorist attacks.
