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CRPF to raise four more battalions to counter Naxals |
Director General of the Central Reserve Police
Force, AS Gill, today said that four new commando battalions will be added to the paramilitary forces especially to fight left wing extremism. He was talking
to reporters after inspecting the 17th raising day parade of the Rapid Action
Force (RAF) in Coimbatore on Wednesday. "We are raising another three battalions
this year, there is going to be one female battalion, the 'Mahila battalion' as
we call it and two other battalions are going to be raised this year, in addition
to that we are in the process of raising four commando battalions....this will
be basically for the LWE region, the Left Wing Extremist areas,' Gill told reporters.
Gill also pointed out that fighting the Maoists is a challenging task but the
forces are gearing up and will tackle the menace well. "The terrain in which they
(Maoists) are working, the mountainous, the forest, the jungle terrain, that,
plus the manpower that they are able to generate, large number at times, that
does pose a challenge," added Gill. Gill said the first step would be generating
confidence amongst the tribals in Maoist infected areas and help them get over
the fear that has been instilled in them, so that they can cooperate with the
forces. Gill also said that the CRPF was keeping up with the latest technological
advancements to maintain its efficiency and keep up its fight against terrorism
and Maoists. RAF is a specialised wing of the Indian CRPF, the world's largest
paramilitary force that has 203 battalions and is the main striking force against
the insurgents in the northeast, Jammu and Kashmir and Maoists affected areas.
India is battling Maoists across eastern, central and southern India, an insurgency
that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described as the biggest internal
security challenge since independence. |
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