Now, CRPF jawan cries discrimination in video

AGRA: Just days after a BSF constable's video alleging poor diet and hunger at border posts went viral on social media and triggered a controversy, a 26-year-old CRPF jawan, deployed at Mount Abu, has posted a video alleging discrimination and differences in facilities provided to Army men and those of the paramilitary forces.

Constable Jeet Singh, a resident of Mathura's Sonkh area, has stated in his video, "We all do our duty wherever we are deployed, be it election-related, or on VIP security, guarding Parliament House, other establishments, temples or mosques. But the facilities provided to CRPF men are inferior to that given to Army men."

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In a message to PM Modi, the constable said that while teachers in government colleges get Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 salary along with leaves for festivals, CRPF personnel on duty, even in dense jungles in places like Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand don't have an equivalent structure.

Singh said that while Army personnel get pension, para military jawans aren't entitled to it even after 20 years of service.

When contacted, Singh's brother Satyapal said, "Jeet has often mentioned about the bad quality of food that CRPF men are given, although they are posted in sensitive areas."