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In Bihar, every dog will have its day now

Last Updated 06 December 2010, 18:20 IST
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The Bihar police which has a provision of 32 trained dogs in the squad has now fell short of its strength after the death of nine dogs. The police headquarters now wants the nine vacancies to be filled in with “fully trained and competent dogs”, so that after their “appointment” the cops do not waste time in training them.

With this backdrop in mind, the Bihar police has sought the Army’s assistance and asked the defence unit to provide nine trained dogs by the end of December or latest by January.
“We want this process to be over at the earliest, keeping in mind the increased Naxal activities. The only condition we have put before the Army is that they should be properly trained before we ‘hire’ them,” said a top police official.

As of now, Bihar has dog squads in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Rohtas. But with the rise in Maoist attacks in recent times, the dog squads have become all the more important.
“The police headquarters is mulling over the proposal that apart from its routine work, a separate dog squad, comprising the best among the lot, be made available to the bomb disposal unit so that blasts could be prevented in Maoist-infected areas,” said the source.
The police headquarters has also asked the divisional-level officers to submit a report on how much work has been extracted from each dog squad every month, and what kind of training has been imparted to the dogs on-roll.

“After the nine vacant slots are filled, around 100 more dogs may be recruited in the days to come,” said the source, who did not wish to be identified. Besides the recruitment of dogs, the Nitish Kumar government has undertaken a massive drive to recruit 3,613 doctors and 34,540 teachers on contractual basis in the next few months.

This is apart from the advertisement issued to fill the vacant posts of State Auxiliary Police jawans and a separate wing of Bihar Mahila Batallion.

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(Published 06 December 2010, 18:20 IST)

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