Indian soldier exposes the mess caused by corruption
The soldier says his life could be under threat for speaking up against the "powerful" officials.
SRINAGAR (Dunya News) – A Border Security Force (BSF) constable has posted a video on social media complaining about the low quality food served to the Indian troops and exposing the corruption in the army.
In four different videos released online, the 40-year-old constable Tej Bahadur Yadav of BSF’s 29th battalion has talked about the appalling situation of the BSF constables deployed at the Line of Control in occupied Kashmir and the tasteless and inappropriate food served to them.
"We only get a ‘parantha’ and tea as breakfast without any pickle or vegetables... For lunch, we get ‘dal’ (pulses) which only has ‘haldi’ (turmeric) and salt... with roti. This is the quality of the food we get... we slog for 11 hours and at times we have to stand throughout the duty hours... how can a soldier do his duty?” he is heard saying in the video.
“At times, the personnel even go to bed on an empty stomach,” he added.
"The government of India supplies everything but it gets stolen by senior officials who sell it in the market to earn profit," Yadav further says.
He pronounced that his life could be under threat for speaking up against the "powerful" officials.
He also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order an inquiry into the matter as no one shows their plight.
While taking notice of the incident Indian Home minister Rajnath Singh has sought a report from the BSF and directed appropriate action.
Meanwhile, the Border Security Force (BSF) has initiated probe into the matter.
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