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Perturbed by the growing demand for central paramilitary forces by the Naxal-affected states to tackle Maoist violence, the Centre has decided to get a select group of the state police personnel trained by Army officials in jungle warfare (guerilla war) so that they could take on the ultras more effectively.
Sources in the state police headquarters revealed that the plan was already finalised in consultation with the Union Home Ministry and quite a few meetings between the officers of the Bihar police and the Army officials had been held in this connection.
Four battalion headquarters of the Bihar Military Police (BMP) had been selected as training schools for the purpose. The Centre had already provided Rs 1.5 crore to each of these upcoming schools for developing infrastructure and procuring equipment. Around 250 police personnel selected from the District Armed Police and the BMP would be trained in one batch at each of these training schools.
The state Home department will constitute a team of senior police officers who would select the policemen for this special training and also their trainers. The IG (operations) and Brigadier of Danapur cantonment would be permanent members of this committee.
The local sub-area office of the Army has already provided a list of retired Army officials to the state government for the selection of trainers. In all likelihood, the training schools would become functional by December 2009, said ADG (Headquarters) Neelmani. After undergoing rigorous training for three months, the trained police personnel would be included in the Special Task Force (STF) raised by the state government exclusively to take on the Naxals.
As a part of its anti-Naxal operation, the Centre had also provided Rs 18.90 crore to Bihar government for creating special infrastructure, strengthening security around police stations, building roads and helipads in Naxal-dominated areas. The money would also be spent on providing armoured vehicles and bulletproof jackets, besides latest weapons to the police.
Maoists are also reported to have raised an exclusive women’s brigade to counter the Centre’s offensive against them. The Centre has decided to deploy its newly raised COBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) force against the Naxals in Bihar very shortly.
The strategy of the Maoists, as indicated by intelligence agencies, is to put their specially trained women commandos in front to keep the COBRA force engaged in a gunbattle while their armed squad comprising men would be put on ambush duty from behind. Naxals had recently demonstrated their newly recruited women commandos by making them parade with their weapons in a combat outfit in a forest under the Dumaria police station of Gaya district.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091102/nation.htm#11
Perturbed by the growing demand for central paramilitary forces by the Naxal-affected states to tackle Maoist violence, the Centre has decided to get a select group of the state police personnel trained by Army officials in jungle warfare (guerilla war) so that they could take on the ultras more effectively.
Sources in the state police headquarters revealed that the plan was already finalised in consultation with the Union Home Ministry and quite a few meetings between the officers of the Bihar police and the Army officials had been held in this connection.
Four battalion headquarters of the Bihar Military Police (BMP) had been selected as training schools for the purpose. The Centre had already provided Rs 1.5 crore to each of these upcoming schools for developing infrastructure and procuring equipment. Around 250 police personnel selected from the District Armed Police and the BMP would be trained in one batch at each of these training schools.
The state Home department will constitute a team of senior police officers who would select the policemen for this special training and also their trainers. The IG (operations) and Brigadier of Danapur cantonment would be permanent members of this committee.
The local sub-area office of the Army has already provided a list of retired Army officials to the state government for the selection of trainers. In all likelihood, the training schools would become functional by December 2009, said ADG (Headquarters) Neelmani. After undergoing rigorous training for three months, the trained police personnel would be included in the Special Task Force (STF) raised by the state government exclusively to take on the Naxals.
As a part of its anti-Naxal operation, the Centre had also provided Rs 18.90 crore to Bihar government for creating special infrastructure, strengthening security around police stations, building roads and helipads in Naxal-dominated areas. The money would also be spent on providing armoured vehicles and bulletproof jackets, besides latest weapons to the police.
Maoists are also reported to have raised an exclusive women’s brigade to counter the Centre’s offensive against them. The Centre has decided to deploy its newly raised COBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) force against the Naxals in Bihar very shortly.
The strategy of the Maoists, as indicated by intelligence agencies, is to put their specially trained women commandos in front to keep the COBRA force engaged in a gunbattle while their armed squad comprising men would be put on ambush duty from behind. Naxals had recently demonstrated their newly recruited women commandos by making them parade with their weapons in a combat outfit in a forest under the Dumaria police station of Gaya district.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091102/nation.htm#11
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