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09 May 2017
*Representational Picture showing the CRPF's CoBRA jawans.Picture Courtesy : scontent.cdninstagram.com
A fortnight after 25 CRPF personnel were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24, and on March 11, twelve CRPF personnel were killed by Naxals in Sukma,the Centre has decided to act tough against the Maoists.
So,the CRPF will soon deploy a fresh squad of about 2,000 commandos from its special guerrilla warfare CoBRA battalions in and around the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh to defang the Maoists and their arsenal,said ndtv.com report.
Though ndtv.com story does not mention it,the CRPF is expected to use its CoBRA jawans against Maoists in Jharkhand too.
The TV channel mentioned it in its report quoting a top CRPF official who said:"the paramilitary has prepared a blueprint to mobilise at least 20 to 25 companies of the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) from their present locations in West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh to the Bastar region that has some of the worst Maoist violence-hit districts of the central state."
In fact,a CoBRA company has about 100 personnel each.A fortnight after 25 CRPF personnel were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24, and on March 11, twelve CRPF personnel were killed by Naxals in Sukma,the Centre has decided to act tough against the Maoists.
So,the CRPF will soon deploy a fresh squad of about 2,000 commandos from its special guerrilla warfare CoBRA battalions in and around the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh to defang the Maoists and their arsenal,said ndtv.com report.
Though ndtv.com story does not mention it,the CRPF is expected to use its CoBRA jawans against Maoists in Jharkhand too.
The TV channel mentioned it in its report quoting a top CRPF official who said:"the paramilitary has prepared a blueprint to mobilise at least 20 to 25 companies of the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) from their present locations in West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh to the Bastar region that has some of the worst Maoist violence-hit districts of the central state."
In fact,a CoBRA company has about 100 personnel each.
