Magazine lists martyrs by caste, CRPF slams report
TNN | Feb 23, 2019, 03:04 ISTNEW DELHI: CRPF on Friday slammed a news report which carried a caste-based break-up of the jawans killed in the Pulwama attack. Calling the report “pathetic division of caste, colour, and religion”, CRPF chief Moses Dhinakaran said such a ‘divide’ doesn’t exist in their blood and all jawans identify themselves as “Indians”.
“You should strictly refrain from insulting martyrs. They are not statistics for your demeaning and meaningless write-up,” Dhinakaran, who is also the official CRPF spokesperson, tweeted.
“The 40 jawans were primarily from lower-caste communities. In all, they comprised 19 jawans from OBCs, seven from SCs, five from STs, four from upper-caste backgrounds, one high-caste Bengali, three Jat Sikhs, and one Muslim. So, only five out of the 40 jawans, or 12.5%, came from Hindu upper-caste backgrounds,” the magazine said.
“You should strictly refrain from insulting martyrs. They are not statistics for your demeaning and meaningless write-up,” Dhinakaran, who is also the official CRPF spokesperson, tweeted.
“The 40 jawans were primarily from lower-caste communities. In all, they comprised 19 jawans from OBCs, seven from SCs, five from STs, four from upper-caste backgrounds, one high-caste Bengali, three Jat Sikhs, and one Muslim. So, only five out of the 40 jawans, or 12.5%, came from Hindu upper-caste backgrounds,” the magazine said.
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