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BSF jawan's video says troops given bad food; Rajnath orders action

The BSF has rejected the jawan's claims and alleged that the soldier has a 'troubled past'

BSF personnel keeping a tight vigil
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BSF personnel keeping a tight vigil

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A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, deployed along the Indo-Pak 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 seek a report from the home secretary and order "appropriate action".

In a video gone viral, BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, of the 29 battalion Seema Suraksha Bal, claimed that while the government procures essentials for them, the higher-ups and officers "sell it off" in an "illegal" manner in the market and they (the troops)