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GURGAON: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday introduced its first 30-member all-woman commando squad. The paramilitary women commando team includes two officers and has undergone a tough regimen of training at Jodhpur Police Academy in Rajasthan.
"They have been trained in various aspects like hostage crisis, rescuing citizens endangered in terrorist attacks, providing proximate security to visiting female dignitaries, counter-terrorist operations, resolving high-risk situations, resolving situations involving vital installations, situations involving high-risk suicidal attacks and providing additional security at special events," a CRPF official said.
CRPF director general Pranay Sahay said the Mahila battalions of the force were the most manifest form of women's empowerment and had been able to present an example before the country with their courage, dedication and loyalty. "CRPF women are deployed all over the country in operational and conflict zones and have also been coordinating religious yatras like the Amarnath Yatra," said Sahay.
The group of 30 bravehearts has also achieved the tag of being the world's first all-women paramilitary pipe band. It made its first public performance on Tuesday at the Kadarpur Group Centre of CRPF. The band, which got its ceremonial colours April last year, was led by the Major of Pipes sub-inspector Darshana Kumari. The band plans may soon be included in the Gunnies Book of Records for being first such band.
The women's band will not only play martial and ceremonial tunes but also boost the morale of troops at United Nations (UN) mandated duty locations. So far, the CRPF has had a men's pipe band for almost 25 years.
"We are as well trained as our male counterparts. It doesn't matter whether a bullet is fired by a man or a woman as long as hits the target," said Jaskiran Kaur, assistant commander, Mahila commando team.
"We don't want to make clones of our male counterparts. Women commandos will have the added benefit of soft skills which are missing in men," said Nitu Bhattacharya, DIG.
The women commandos also displayed their skills in demonstration firing skills, slithering from chopper, physical agility, tactics (room intervention) and unarmed combat.
CRPF unveils first squad of woman commandos - The Times of India
"They have been trained in various aspects like hostage crisis, rescuing citizens endangered in terrorist attacks, providing proximate security to visiting female dignitaries, counter-terrorist operations, resolving high-risk situations, resolving situations involving vital installations, situations involving high-risk suicidal attacks and providing additional security at special events," a CRPF official said.
CRPF director general Pranay Sahay said the Mahila battalions of the force were the most manifest form of women's empowerment and had been able to present an example before the country with their courage, dedication and loyalty. "CRPF women are deployed all over the country in operational and conflict zones and have also been coordinating religious yatras like the Amarnath Yatra," said Sahay.
The group of 30 bravehearts has also achieved the tag of being the world's first all-women paramilitary pipe band. It made its first public performance on Tuesday at the Kadarpur Group Centre of CRPF. The band, which got its ceremonial colours April last year, was led by the Major of Pipes sub-inspector Darshana Kumari. The band plans may soon be included in the Gunnies Book of Records for being first such band.
The women's band will not only play martial and ceremonial tunes but also boost the morale of troops at United Nations (UN) mandated duty locations. So far, the CRPF has had a men's pipe band for almost 25 years.
"We are as well trained as our male counterparts. It doesn't matter whether a bullet is fired by a man or a woman as long as hits the target," said Jaskiran Kaur, assistant commander, Mahila commando team.
"We don't want to make clones of our male counterparts. Women commandos will have the added benefit of soft skills which are missing in men," said Nitu Bhattacharya, DIG.
The women commandos also displayed their skills in demonstration firing skills, slithering from chopper, physical agility, tactics (room intervention) and unarmed combat.
CRPF unveils first squad of woman commandos - The Times of India
