STF to get more teeth to take on Naxals
TOI : PUNE: After creating the Force One battalion to tackle terror attacks, the state government has now decided to impart special training to the special task force (STF) created to take action against the Naxalites. The decision was taken to counter the increase in Naxal attacks at Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Yavatmal and Nanded districts.
Additional secretary (home) Kailash Bilonikar issued a notification directing the Force One battalion to impart rigorous training to the STF at Wadachiwadi in Pune from September 1. The training centre will use the resources of the Unconventional Operation Training Centre.
A team of senior police officers will be constituted to suggest the names of experts in various fields to impart training to the STF. State director general of police (anti-Naxalite special operation) Jayant Umranikar has been asked to take necessary measures in this regard and recruit personnel from various police units for strengthening the STF.
Umranikar was not available for comments. The notification states that the government will create a post of a police officer who will co-ordinate and share intelligence inputs with the Anti-Terrorism Squad, Intelligence Bureau, special branch and the State Reserve Police Force.
The notification has directed the ATS and the Force One to make available basic communication infrastructure, including facilities of jamming and interception, to the STF.
The STF has been allowed to use a helicopter in emergency situations or for carrying out search operations, the notification added.
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