'Brought them in dumper truck': BJP MLA's outburst over slain SPOs' bodies - video

'If an officer allows our mortal remains to be treated with indignity, what do you think the terrorists will do to them?' she asked

NEW DELHI: BJP MLA Kishtwar Shagun Parihar criticised J&K authorities over the handling of the mortal remains of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) killed in Kishtwar district.

She alleged that their bodies were brought to the area in a dumper truck and handled with indignity."You brought the bodies of our people here in a dumper truck... Is this the value of our jawans?" Parihar said while interacting with police personnel over the recovery and transportation of the bodies. She also questioned why senior officials had not responded sooner to the families' concerns."It has been three days... If an officer allows our mortal remains to be treated with indignity, what do you think the terrorists will do to them?" she said, expressing anguish over the treatment of the deceased personnel.

The BJP MLA also spoke about the family members of the slain SPOs, saying that a daughter who had been waiting for her father's body. "I keep thinking of that daughter who has been weeping for the last three days... A daughter who lost her father—she came here today, three days later, and only after the LG himself asked her," she said."You didn’t even show up here until we approached the Lieutenant Governor—until we knocked on the doors of the authorities in Delhi," Parihar alleged, adding, "with a heavy heart i must say our officers our officers were disrespected".

Speaking later, Parihar also demanded an inquiry into the transportation of the bodies in a dumper truck, saying that anyone who sacrificed their life for the country deserved respect and a dignified farewell. "There should be an inquiry and investigation into the officers and everyone involved, so that such incidents are not repeated," she said.

The bodies of Rashpal Kumar, 45, and Bobby Chand, 57, were recovered from the remote forests of Kishtwar on Thursday.

Both were residents of Kiyar Dachhan and were posted with the Special Operations Group (SOG) in the Kiyar sector.The two SPOs had gone missing on November 10 while travelling to an Army post at Dharna-Marwah for rotation duty. A search operation was launched after they failed to reach their destination. Their bodies were found with bullet injuries, while their service rifles were missing.