1. What are/have been the IPS/Paramilitary (actually CAPF) officers doing? they are suppose to lead these operations? have you ever heard of any officer being killed in Naxal attack? because these ‘officers’ sit in AC offices and work as clerks.
2. Will the government terminate these officers immediately? Why should we have this cadre if its completely useless?
3. Will government identify officers who failed, and punish them for the death of so many of our CAPF personnel?
Army to lead CRPF anti-Naxal ops soon
Pradip R Sagar
30 April 2017
New Delhi
The Indian Army could soon be playing big brother to the CRPF, with its officers leading the paramilitary force against the Naxalite menace.
After the Sukma attack killing 25 CRPF jawans on April 24, the Modi government is looking to revive a 2008 Army blueprint to fight Maoists, which had been shoved under the carpet by the Congress-led UPA government.
In Kashmir, the division in conflict management between the Army and the CRPF is clearly demarcated.
The paramilitary handle conflict situations and the Army steps in only when the situation spins out of control.
While training at a secret location earlier, Army officers realised paramilitary counter-insurgency capability was almost ‘nil’.
The proposal for joint anti-Naxal ops had come from Allahabad-based Central Command of the Indian Army, under whose jurisdiction the majority of Naxal-infested states falls.
The detailed presentation by Central Army Commander Lt. Gen HS Panag exposed serious flaws in the anti-Naxal training manual of the central paramilitary forces, making them ‘sitting ducks’ for trigger-happy killers.
He also recommended that an Army officer-lead training exercises with CRPF.
Creating a specialised unit on the lines of Rashtriya Rifles to operate in Maoists areas was also part of the plan.
After PM Manmohan Singh labelled Maoists the main threat to internal security in 2006, the Army did give covert training and logistics in counter-insurgency operations to the CRPF and BSF at 15 secret locations in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Initially 13 companies and four core groups of CRPF deployed in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were trained at a counter-insurgency school in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, run by retired brigadier B Ponwar, specialist in jungle warfare.
Incidentally, the school is the main training ground for personnel of state and central police forces.
“During training, we found the paramilitary forces sent to us lacked motivation. Most of them were over forty,” Panag said.
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A COMMENT IN A VETERANS’ GROUP, PLEASE :
If IPS officers want to boss the CRPF, the IPS Must Lead the CRPF battalions and companies into Counter Insurgency Operations.
Indian army officers may be used in advisory capacity only.
Gen VK Singh had told ‘Chidu Bhai’ where to get off, when he tried to palm off Counter insurgeny against maoists/naxals to the Indian Army,
I only hope Gen Bipin Rawat has the guts to say NO.
The Indian Army has YET to get the 7PC PAY &ALLOWANCES. WHILE THE IPS AND CIVILIAN GOVT SERVANTS HAVE GOT IT OVER AN YEAR EARLIER..
[http://idrw.org/army-to-lead-crpf-anti-naxal-ops-soon/#more-132870]
WHY DOES THE INDIAN ARMY ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE SUCKERS VIS A VIS IAS AND IPS ?? AND ALSO BE THE LEAST PAID CENTRAL GOVT SERVICE?
http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2017/apr/30/army-to-lead-crpf-anti-naxal-ops-soon-1599291.html