NEW DELHI, Feb 14: The terrorists might have got the information about the movement of a large number of CRPF personnel in Pulwama district which led to the high number of casualties, officials suspect.
Usually, about 1,000 personnel are part of a convoy but this time it was a total of 2,547 personnel.
Not ruling out violation of Standard Operating Procedures when such a huge movement of central forces is taking place in the troubled state, officials requesting anonymity said a clear picture on loopholes, if any, will be known after a thorough probe.
Such a large movement of troops must have been known to a lot of people. There is a possibility of this information reaching to terrorists, a security official suspect.
Moreover, the number of personnel travelling back to the Valley was high as there was no movement on the highway for the last two to three days because of bad weather and other administrative reasons, they said. (PTI)
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