Last respects paid to CRPF jawans

CM Omar Abdullah stays away Srinagar (PTI): CRPF and police officers on Thursday bid a tearful adieu to their colleagues who were killed in a militant attack on a security forces camp in Bemina area of the city.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was conspicuous by his absence, which enraged those present. There were loud cries of "where is Omar?". Director General of CRPF Pranay Sahay and DGP of Jammu and Kashmir Police Ashok Prasad led the officers and jawans of the two forces in paying floral tributes to the five CRPF personnel who were killed in the firing on Wednesday. Sahay and Prasad laid floral wreaths on the coffins of the jawans before they were flown to their respective native places. Those killed in the militant attack are Assistant Sub-Inspector A B Singh, constables Om Prakash, L Parmol, Subhash and Satish Shah. Meanwhile, IG CRPF, Kashmir, V S Yadav dismissed suggestions that the CRPF men were unarmed when the attack took place. "We have a standard operating procedure and that was followed," Yadav said.