CRPF seeks IAF help to evacuate 500 men stuck in Naxal hotbed

[selvan33]

CRPF seeks IAF help to evacuate 500 men stuck in Naxal hotbed

A week after nine alleged Maoists, including five women, were gunned down by security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, around 500 men of the the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have remained stuck in the dense jungles for want of evacuation. The CRPF approached the Indian Air Force (IAF) and requested them to extend their flying hours and evacuate the men on an emergency basis.

The IAF, which provides 80 flying hours every month to various security forces in Chhattisgarh for different purposes, has already exhausted its quota for this month. The CRPF sent letters to the IAF top brass requesting them to grant 35 additional flying hours so that their men stuck in the Maoist hotbed could be evacuated. By Tuesday evening all the men were airlifted. Officials said they planned the airlifting of the jawans as the Maoists planted IEDs on the route, which they had used to reach the encounter site.

Around 1,200 CRPF personnel had gone for the Sukma operation along with the Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds and the Chhattisgarh Police on April 16. They were dispersed in different directions and around 500 men were holed up in the area. “They are camping in an area which is a Maoist hotbed. We requested the IAF to deploy their Mi-17 helicopters for evacuating our men,” said a senior official.
CRPF seeks IAF help to evacuate 500 men stuck in Naxal hotbed | idrw.org

 

[black_jack]

only 80 hours per month ???

IAF should give atleast 300 hours per month.

 

[Dillinger]

CRPF seeks IAF help to evacuate 500 men stuck in Naxal hotbed

A week after nine alleged Maoists, including five women, were gunned down by security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, around 500 men of the the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have remained stuck in the dense jungles for want of evacuation. The CRPF approached the Indian Air Force (IAF) and requested them to extend their flying hours and evacuate the men on an emergency basis.

The IAF, which provides 80 flying hours every month to various security forces in Chhattisgarh for different purposes, has already exhausted its quota for this month. The CRPF sent letters to the IAF top brass requesting them to grant 35 additional flying hours so that their men stuck in the Maoist hotbed could be evacuated. By Tuesday evening all the men were airlifted. Officials said they planned the airlifting of the jawans as the Maoists planted IEDs on the route, which they had used to reach the encounter site.

Around 1,200 CRPF personnel had gone for the Sukma operation along with the Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds and the Chhattisgarh Police on April 16. They were dispersed in different directions and around 500 men were holed up in the area. “They are camping in an area which is a Maoist hotbed. We requested the IAF to deploy their Mi-17 helicopters for evacuating our men,” said a senior official.
CRPF seeks IAF help to evacuate 500 men stuck in Naxal hotbed | idrw.org

Dammit! They are supposed to be rotated out- operate for a fortnight and then get pulled and introduce fresh troops if required...not to be left in jungle camps.

 

[Nisha]

So retarded. The mere fact that our forces had to muck around the bureaucratic red tape to get our men airlifted is nuts. What happened to common sense or how about the higher ups givinga damn.