Bodies of IAF officials arrive in makeshift cartons from Tawang spark concerns of disrespect

October 08, 2017 15:41

tweet posted by (Retired) Lieutenant General HS Panag led to concerns over the Indian State's disrespect towards its security forces on Sunday morning.

Seven members of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Army had died in a chopper crash on Friday morning in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang. On Sunday, Panag shared a photograph of their bodies being flown back in cardboard boxes, hastily tied up with makeshift ropes. He published a couple of tweets with a scathing remark.

His criticism of the government immediately sparked off a series of defences as well as more censure from several users of the micro-blogging sites.

Security analyst Nitin Gokhale asked Panag if the Indian Army had ever used body bags to transport the mortal remains of its soldiers.

To which, Panag replied that the lack of such civilised provisions and dignified apparatus was precisely what he was interested in highlighting.

Photograph: @RWAC48

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