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Militants wearing Indian Army fatigues leave forces worried
October 21, 2017
SRINAGAR, Oct 21 (INP) The use of combat uniform by militants in Jammu & Kashmir, despite a ban on its sale and purchase by civilians in the state, has worried the armed forces, who want stricter imposition of the ban to avoid the misuse of the uniform. Militants have been wearing the camouflage uniform of the Army, BSF and CRPF during attacks. They also don the combat gear in videos uploaded on social media. Recently, the Jaish-e-Mohammed men who carried out Fidayeen attacks in Pulwama and Srinagar wore the combat uniform. In fact, during an operation at a BSF camp near Srinagar airport, according to a senior official, one of the CRPF officers took a moment to open fire at a terrorist wearing combat uniform, as the officer briefly mistook him as one of the troopers, Senior Indian officials said. INP/AH/LK
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