The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday said that it succeeded in conducting the Amarnath pilgrimage without any incident yet again, despite threats of militant strikes.
“The CRPF again proved their incredible mettle by successfully conducting Amarnath Yatra 2015, despite serious threats of terrorist strike and apprehensions of disturbances,” A.K. Jha, CRPF spokesman, said in a statement in Srinagar.
“Several teams of CRPF along with their officers and doctors rescued several pilgrims and locals who were trapped due to cloudbursts,” he said.
“As many as 67 companies, including mahila troopers were deployed for the security of yatri convoys from Jammu to Pahalgam and Baltal besides providing security on both the routes of Yatra on Pahalgam and Baltal axis,” he said.
