53 new recruits inducted into CRPF

Chennai:

It was a moment of joy for 53 newly recruited constables who were inducted into the Central Reserve Police Force on Friday.

Dressed in Khaki, the recruits took a final bow during a passing out parade at the drill nursery of 229 battalion of CRPF in Avadi in Chennai.

The parade was reviewed by deputy inspector general of police, recruit training centre, CRPF Manoj Kumar Dubey.

Speaking during the occasion, Dubey urged the recruits to maintain high standard of discipline while congratulating them for successfullycompleting 44 weeks of rigorous training.

Of the 53 recruits, 52 are from Andhra Pradesh and one from Bihar. Talking about their education qualifications, a CRPF spokesman said that 17 are graduates, 21 are higher secondary and 15 are matriculates.

The crux of the whole training is practiced during their four weeks jungle training in which all the operational exercises are conducted by them under the guidance of able instructors and officers.

They are also being trained on firing mortar bombs besides using rifle grenades and hand grenades and training of other small arms.

They also undergo survival exercises with limited ration for their survival for seven days in the dense forest and made to practice aggressive action drill, counter ambush, identify IED and destroy it and sit in ambush for nights together.