Counter Insurgency Force
| Counter Insurgency Force | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CIF |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 2010 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | India |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of West Bengal, India |
| Legal jurisdiction | The State of West Bengal |
| Governing body | Government of West Bengal |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Garia |
| Sworn members | 1000 |
| Agency executive | Kundan Lal Tamta |
| Parent agency | West Bengal Police |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Counter Insurgency Force or CIF with headquarters in Garia, West Bengal was created by the West Bengal state government in 2010 on the lines of Greyhounds in Andhra Pradesh to combat proscribed Naxalites/Maoists in the state. At least 1000 personnel from the state police have been given commando training prior to inclusion in the CIF. The training center itself is located in Salua, and further field training is given at Salboni, both in West Bengal Midnapore district.Now it sifted to Durgapur.[1]
Trainees are shortlisted from common recruitment procedures. IGP (Armed Police) Vivek Sahay was given additional charge as IGP (Operations) in the force, while Assistant Director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Ajoy Nanda has taken over as DIG (Training and Operations). Anil Kumar, IPS is a part of the endeavor in the specific capacity of Spl IGP (Operations).
CIF is headed by Kundan Lal Tamta, IPS (ADG & IGP, West Bengal).[2]
CIF was involved in the capture and killing during an firefight of wanted Maoist Mallojula Koteswara Rao, alias Kishenji on 24 November 2011 after a 30-minute gunfight.[3]
References
- ↑ "WB moots counter insurgency force to combat Naxals". Zeenews.india.com. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ↑ "Top Maoist leader Kishenji killed". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
