In PHOTOS: The CRPF goes to adventure school

The country's largest paramilitary force -- the Central Reserve Police Force -- is literally going to 'school' as the force has recently created six new institutions to hone the operational and intelligence gathering skills of its troops.

The about 3-lakh personnel force, heavily deployed for anti-Naxal operations, has started six new schools in various parts of the country -- Indian Institute of IED Management in Pune, dogs breeding and training centre in Karnataka's Taralu, intelligence school in Gurgaon's Kadarpur, Rapid Action Force training school and training of trainers school in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut and college of insurgency and jungle craft in Belgaum.

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"All these schools have been sanctioned to the force in the last six months and are aimed to enhance and sharpen the operational and tactical skills of the CRPF personnel. Better training will ensure better results and less casualty in this large force," a senior official said.

The force, which is now in the process of deploying its much-awaited intelligence wing in anti-Naxal operations, will train its personnel in techniques of snooping at the CRPF academy near in Kadarpur.

The faculty for this school will include sleuths from central intelligence agencies and retired officials in the stream.

The jungle craft school in Belgaum will train CRPF personnel in guerrilla operations required for anti-Naxal duties while the dog school will train 'infantry patrol' canines for the force, who will be deployed with troops in similar duties.

The IED detection and management school has already begun training the CRPF personnel under the tutelage of army officials in Pune.

The RAF training school in Meerut will train the 'blue-duangree' personnel in better crowd control and anti-riot measures with an special impetus on handling 'non-lethal' weapons while the train the trainers school will equip the personnel in other streams of police and paramilitary management.

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