Coimbatore: Four commando trained CRPF
battalions would be deployed in naxal infested Orissa,
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar to combat left wing
militancy, a top CRPF official said here on Wedenesday.
The battalions, totalling 5,200 men, are now undergoing
commando training before being sent to these states which have
witnessed increase in naxal activities, A S Gill, Director
General, CRPF, told reporters on the sidelines of the 17th
anniversary of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) here.
The CRPF was recently entrusted with the task of tackling
the Maoist menace in different parts of the country and had
contained it, he claimed.
Gill said three more battalions of Rapid Action Force,
including one of women, would be added this year to the CRPF.
On the CRPF's modernisation programme, he said all the old
weapons have been withdrawn and the force has been supplied
with sophisticated ones.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, October 07, 2009, 19:24