BSF jawan's wife demands CBI inquiry into food quality row
Sharmila, the wife of BSF jawan Tej Bahadur who had posted video alleging poor-quality food being served at border posts, has demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter. "We don't want an internal inquiry, CBI must inquire. Truth will be out only then," she said. This comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs report refuted Tej Bahadur's claims.
The wife of the BSF jawan Tej Bahadur, who posted a video on social media complaining about the quality of food the soldiers were being served, has demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter.She has termed the ongoing probe into the incident as farce.Sharmila Bahadur said that they did not want an internal inquiry and asserted a CBI probe. She said that the truth would be only out if CBI conducted a probe."We don't want an internal inquiry, CBI must inquire.Truth will be out only then," said Sharmila.Tej Bahadur made headlines after he posted several videos of bad food being served to the jawans in Jammu and Kashmir. The videos posted on January 8 raised several questions on the quality of amenities provided to the jawans guarding the nation on challenging terrains.Days after the video went viral, Sharmila shared an audio clip of Tej Bahadur where he alleged that there was a lack of amenities and  that he is being forced to tender an apology.He told that senior officials are involved in malpractice and that they were threatening and forcing him to apologise. In the audio clip he also said that no investigation was being carried out into the incident. Tej Bahadur claimed that he decided to speak out as there was no inquiry being done. He also said that he was being threatened.In a similar incident on Friday Army jawan  Lance Naik Yagya Pratap Singh released a video alleging harassment by superiors.Today, his wife Richa Singh claimed that Yagya even sat on a dharna and that his phone has been confiscated by the authorities following the incident.In the video, Yagya Pratap alleged harassment after he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the problems faced by the soldiers.Yagya Pratap Singh said, instead of investigating the issue, his superiors began harassing him and also initiated an inquiry, which could potentially result in his court-martial.