20 August : Five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalions, comprising 5000 personnel would be trained by the army to prepare them for counter insurgency (CI) operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Army would train CRPF jawans in counter insurgency warfare before their induction into CI grid in Jammu and Kashmir. Three battalions would be inducted in Jammu and two in Kashmir," CRPF Inspector General (IG), A K Saxena told the news agency.
As per the guidelines issued by the Centre in this regard, these CRPF battalions would replace the BSF personnel currently deployed in counter insurgency operations in the state, he said.
The army would soon start training the CRPF battalions in special operations against militants and CI operations in their battle schools at Balra (Bhaderwah) in Doda district and Sarore in Rajouri district.