Members of the Rajput Sodha community in Pakistan have matrimonial linkages across the border in Rajasthan. While special provisions had been in place to allow them to visit their families, visas to India have become difficult to obtain of late.
Several sections of the IPC and IT Act have been invoked against those who made jokes and accusations about the death of CDS General Rawat. An employee of J&K Bank was suspended for using the 'laugh' reaction to a post on the news of the crash.
A Jammu and Kashmir Bank employee was suspended for allegedly reacting to a news story on the chopper crash in which Rawat died with a laughing emoticon.