<p>Residents of Chamarajanagar district can heave a sigh of relief as the ‘Chamaraja Commando Force’ is on duty from Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The team is trained to tackle and prevent any incidents involving loss of property and human lives in the district.<br /><br />It was officially pressed into service at the district police parade grounds in city on Thursday. Superintendent of police P Rajendra Prasad, who launched the service, said: “The team comprises 32 personnel of the District Armed Reserve Force.”<br /><br />Training<br /><br />A special armed training has been imparted to the commandoes in Madhya Pradesh and the jawans are physically and mentally fit to extend their services, he stated.<br />The force was necessary to maintain peace and also to protect public property that are intentionally vandalised during the time of unrest. <br /><br />Yoga<br /><br />The team will focus on maintaining law and order and steps will be taken to keep the personnel fit by conducting yoga, pranayama and karate classes, he added.<br /><br />Apart from this, they will also be provided training in swimming, shooting and using weapons at the police training school in Channapatna, he explained.<br /><br />Weapons<br /><br />Currently three types of updated weapons have been provided including five AK-47 and five Carbine machine guns and two Insas guns. <br /><br />The speciality of Insas guns is that it has one shot — three bullets capacity. Bullet proof jackets and helmets and special uniforms have been provided, he added.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Residents of Chamarajanagar district can heave a sigh of relief as the ‘Chamaraja Commando Force’ is on duty from Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The team is trained to tackle and prevent any incidents involving loss of property and human lives in the district.<br /><br />It was officially pressed into service at the district police parade grounds in city on Thursday. Superintendent of police P Rajendra Prasad, who launched the service, said: “The team comprises 32 personnel of the District Armed Reserve Force.”<br /><br />Training<br /><br />A special armed training has been imparted to the commandoes in Madhya Pradesh and the jawans are physically and mentally fit to extend their services, he stated.<br />The force was necessary to maintain peace and also to protect public property that are intentionally vandalised during the time of unrest. <br /><br />Yoga<br /><br />The team will focus on maintaining law and order and steps will be taken to keep the personnel fit by conducting yoga, pranayama and karate classes, he added.<br /><br />Apart from this, they will also be provided training in swimming, shooting and using weapons at the police training school in Channapatna, he explained.<br /><br />Weapons<br /><br />Currently three types of updated weapons have been provided including five AK-47 and five Carbine machine guns and two Insas guns. <br /><br />The speciality of Insas guns is that it has one shot — three bullets capacity. Bullet proof jackets and helmets and special uniforms have been provided, he added.<br /><br /></p>
