Shillong, Dec 9 : A security meet convened by Meghalaya chief minister Donkupar Roy today decided to raise an exclusive commando battalion to be trained by the NSG, to tackle any emergency in the state.
Deputy chief minister in-charge of home H.S. Lyngdoh and senior police officials discussed the need to raise the commando battalion in the state and wanted to strengthen the current special operations team (SOT).
Lyngdoh said the meeting decided to raise a special commando force in view of the terror attacks in the country.
Initially, the government is planning to have 100 such commandos, to be increased at a later stage depending on funds and manpower.
The state, besides using its own resources, will also ask the Centre to provide funds.
The state government will seek the help of NSG commandos to give special training to the new recruits.
The food habits to be adopted by the commandos as well as the equipment to be used in operations will figure on the training agenda, a police official said.
Lyngdoh said the process to raise the battalion would start without any delay.
The meeting discussed the shortage of members in the special operations team (SOT), as most of the personnel who belong to the 3 IRB battalion were in Delhi on VIP duties.
Since the majority of the men are now deployed in Delhi, the meeting discussed the need to have more of the team among the armed police personnel to tackle any emergency in the state.
Lyngdoh said there was a rise in militant activities in West Khasi Hills and Garo Hills since there was a shortage of the special operations team personnel to take on these criminals.
An armed SOT man, identified as R.D. Sangma, was killed yesterday when Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF) militants fired at a team of police personnel in Shallang in West Khasi Hills during a raid.
In this context, Lyngdoh said more trained police personnel would be inducted into the team to tackle terror attacks, which can come in any form.
The team, with 44 commandos, was formed in 2000 to fight militancy in the state.
The team could be successful in containing militancy, especially in its fight against the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) in the state.
The team had also received training from NSG instructors, besides undergoing special physical training at the North East Police Academy (Nepa) at Umiam here.
Deputy chief minister in-charge of home H.S. Lyngdoh and senior police officials discussed the need to raise the commando battalion in the state and wanted to strengthen the current special operations team (SOT).
Lyngdoh said the meeting decided to raise a special commando force in view of the terror attacks in the country.
Initially, the government is planning to have 100 such commandos, to be increased at a later stage depending on funds and manpower.
The state, besides using its own resources, will also ask the Centre to provide funds.
The state government will seek the help of NSG commandos to give special training to the new recruits.
The food habits to be adopted by the commandos as well as the equipment to be used in operations will figure on the training agenda, a police official said.
Lyngdoh said the process to raise the battalion would start without any delay.
The meeting discussed the shortage of members in the special operations team (SOT), as most of the personnel who belong to the 3 IRB battalion were in Delhi on VIP duties.
Since the majority of the men are now deployed in Delhi, the meeting discussed the need to have more of the team among the armed police personnel to tackle any emergency in the state.
Lyngdoh said there was a rise in militant activities in West Khasi Hills and Garo Hills since there was a shortage of the special operations team personnel to take on these criminals.
An armed SOT man, identified as R.D. Sangma, was killed yesterday when Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF) militants fired at a team of police personnel in Shallang in West Khasi Hills during a raid.
In this context, Lyngdoh said more trained police personnel would be inducted into the team to tackle terror attacks, which can come in any form.
The team, with 44 commandos, was formed in 2000 to fight militancy in the state.
The team could be successful in containing militancy, especially in its fight against the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) in the state.
The team had also received training from NSG instructors, besides undergoing special physical training at the North East Police Academy (Nepa) at Umiam here.
0 comments:
Post a Comment