NVI Special Correspondent
Budgam, Sep 21 (NVI): In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Rashmi Rajan Swain in a goodwill gesture visited Brell village of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district to hail the rescue operation conducted by the locals after a bus ferrying BSF personnel plunged into a gorge yesterday.
He announced cash prize, commendation medals for the locals who took part in rescue operation and added that a SPO recruitment will also be conducted in the Brell village.
Three BSF men were killed and over 30 injured after the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road at village Brell, Waterhail in Budgam district yesterday. This is after a long gap that locals of the villages took part in rescue operation otherwise they preferred to stay away from going close the security forces vehicles.
Talking to reporters at Brell, the DGP Swain said that the way locals of Brell village came out to rescue the injured BSF men deserves applause. “I heard women of the village also took part in the rescue operation. I met a Sumo driver, who told me that a BSF soldier died in his arms while he was trying to evacuate him,” the DGP said, adding that “let me tell you this was a pure humanitarian approach without any kind of materialism involved in it.”
He said all the injured are being treated and no one is in danger. Replying to a query about ongoing elections, he said: “Security is being provided to candidates in the fray. Apart from that, police and other security forces providing security cover to contesting candidates and also securing the areas going to polls,” the J&K Police Chief said.
He said the final effort is to create a fearless atmosphere for the people to cast votes without any pressure. Replying to a query that earlier, people would remain away from taking part in the rescue operation whenever security forces’ vehicles met an accident, he said: “There were some people who used to create an atmosphere of fear where people were not able to take part in such activities,” the DGP said—(News Vibes of India)
