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CRPF inducts women commandos into elite anti-Naxal CoBRA unit ANI | Updated: Feb 06, 2021 13:08 IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Saturday inducted women commandos in its anti-Naxal Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit which will undergo training and then will be sent to Naxal hit areas.
According to the CRPF, on the occasion of the 88th all-women battalion Raising Day, these women commandos have been inducted along with the introduction of all Mahila brass band which will make CRPF the first force to have a women brass band. Mahila personnel of CRPF forming the first all-women brass band will also undergo a training course to acquire the requisite skills on the musical instruments. It deserves pertinent to mention that the force already has an all-women pipe band, CRPF said in a press release.
CRPF for first time posts 34 woman commandos in elite CoBRA unit
India
Updated: Saturday, February 6, 2021, 15:32 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 06: The CRPF for the first time has inducted 34 women commandos into its elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit.
The unit was raised in 2009 and is mainly deployed in states affected by left wing terrorism.
These 34 women personnel were inducted in the elite CoBRA wing during the 35th Raising Day of the force s 88th Mahila Battalion, the first all-women battalion in the world, CRPF said in a release. CRPF has taken another step towards women empowerment by inducting women commandos on the celebrations of 88th all-women battalion, a release from the CRPF read.
Uniindia: New Delhi, Feb 5 (UNI) Yet an another milestone for women warriors of the country’s largest Central Armed Police Force, the CAPF, breaking the glass ceiling have joined the elite anti-Naxal-CoBRA wing on Saturday.