Watch Video: BSF jawan alleges 'cruelty', says troops served bad quality food

A screen grab of the videoNew Delhi A BSF jawan deployed along the IndoPak border in Jammu and Kashmir has alleged that troops are facing cruelty as they are served bad quality food and even have to go empty stomach at times prompting Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to order appropriate actionIn videos uploaded on social media platforms the jawan wearing camouflage uniform and carrying a rifle claimed that while government procures essentials for them the higherups and officers sell it off in an illegal manner in the market and they have to sufferWatch VideoWhile the border guarding force said it has initiated an inquiry and sent a Deputy Inspector General rank officer to the place of his deployment the Home Minister took to Twitter to say he has sought a reportI have seen a video regarding a BSF jawans plight I have asked the HS to immediately seek a report from the BSF amp take appropriate actionmdash Rajnath Singh rajnathsingh January 9 2017I have seen a video regarding a BSF jawans plight I have asked the HS Home Secretary to immediately seek a report from the BSF amp take appropriate action Singh tweetedIn at least three different videos clocking over 4minutes released online constable T B Yadav 40 of BSFs 29th battalion also goes on to show the food that is allegedly being served to himWe only get a parantha and tea as breakfast and this is without any pickle or vegetables we slog for 11 hours and at times we have to stand throughout the duty hours For lunch we get dal pulses which only has haldi turmeric and salt with roti This is the quality of the food we get how can a jawan do his duty I request the Prime Minister to get this probed No one shows our plight Yadav alleged adding It is atyachaar cruelty and anyay injustice against us He said he may not be here hinting action might be taken against him for shooting and uploading the video a s he urged people to take the issue forward so that corrective action is takenHe further alleged that at times jawans have to go to sleep empty stomach The Border Security Force took cognisance of the video and tweeted from its official handle that an inquiry has been orderedBSF is highly sensitive to the welfare of tpsIndividual aberrationsif anyare enquired intoA senior officer has already rchd the location httpstco3fH7qZdV5Pmdash BSF BSF_India January 9 2017BSF is highly sensitive to the welfare of tpstroops Individual aberrations if any are enquired into A senior officer has already rchd reached the location the force tweeted after tagging the videoA senior BSF official said Yadav is currently deployed along the LoC in JampK and the BSF jawans here work under the operational command of the army which also provides for food and other logistics of the jawansIt has also been found the official said that Yadav has been given four major punishments in the past and has been issued reprimands for alleged violation of discipline However the force has already ordered for a full investigation into the allegations made by Yadav who joined the force in 1996 the official said adding the jawan has also applied for voluntary retirement