New Delhi : Rejecting suggestions that not following SOPs might have led to high casualties in Saturday’s ambush by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore, CRPF on Monday said all laid down procedures were “absolutely” adhered to by its personnel.
It, however, said the security drill will be reviewed and convoys of the central paramilitary force will be provided bullet-proof protection while moving in the state. CRPF Director General K Durga Prasad, during a press conference at the force’s headquarters here said his men, before laying down their lives, valiantly fought back the two terrorists and fired as many as 91 rounds, reports PTI.
“I really have no comments to make on that…but whatever SOPs are in position right now they have been followed and that’s the reason why I said that we will require and can have a look at them again. “They (standard operating procedures) were absolutely followed,” he said when asked to comment on Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s statement voicing doubt over whether the SOPs were followed properly by the bus-borne CRPF personnel.
He said the force will look at “tweaking” its security drills this time too, as always, and as a special measure, 3-feet high and 3mm thick bullet proof plates
will be used on vehicles to provide them armoured protection, as was being done by the army.
