Amid the controversy surrounding the alleged use of pellet guns by the RAF on protesters on 20 July, CRPF Director General GP Singh, during an investiture ceremony, assured his officers that he would "take responsibility for all decisions they take while discharging their duties".

At the CRPF investiture ceremony on Wednesday, CRPF Director General Gyanendra Pratap Singh said, "As the Director General of the CRPF, I want to assure each one of you that whether it is an operational battalion or a law-and-order unit, whatever decisions you take and whatever actions you carry out in the bona fide discharge of your duties, I take responsibility for all those decisions and actions. Continue to perform your duties fearlessly. Wherever responsibility or accountability needs to be taken, I will take it as the Director General."