<p>Ninety-six officers, including four women, were today commissioned in the country's largest paramilitary force CRPF at a ceremony here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Directly Appointed Gazetted Officers (DAGOs) will join the paramilitary as Assistant Commandants (ACs) and will lead the troops of the force which is the mainstay for anti-naxal operations in the country.<br /><br />Union Minister of State for Home R P N Singh took the salute at the passing-out ceremony at the officers' training academy at Kadarpur near here.<br /><br />The trainee officers have undergone a 55-week training in counter-insurgency operations, jungle warfare, human rights, shooting skills, unarmed combat among others.<br /><br />CPRF chief Pranay Sahay, during the event, asked the newly inducted officers to "lead from the front" and set a good example.<br /><br />AC Rajesh Kumar was adjudged the best all round trainee as he won the Home Minister's Cup and the Sword of Honour.<br /><br />The CRPF, at present, has a strength of about 3-lakh personnel. Almost 70,000 CRPF troopers has been deployed for anti-Maoist operations duties in various naxal hit states.</p>
<p>Ninety-six officers, including four women, were today commissioned in the country's largest paramilitary force CRPF at a ceremony here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Directly Appointed Gazetted Officers (DAGOs) will join the paramilitary as Assistant Commandants (ACs) and will lead the troops of the force which is the mainstay for anti-naxal operations in the country.<br /><br />Union Minister of State for Home R P N Singh took the salute at the passing-out ceremony at the officers' training academy at Kadarpur near here.<br /><br />The trainee officers have undergone a 55-week training in counter-insurgency operations, jungle warfare, human rights, shooting skills, unarmed combat among others.<br /><br />CPRF chief Pranay Sahay, during the event, asked the newly inducted officers to "lead from the front" and set a good example.<br /><br />AC Rajesh Kumar was adjudged the best all round trainee as he won the Home Minister's Cup and the Sword of Honour.<br /><br />The CRPF, at present, has a strength of about 3-lakh personnel. Almost 70,000 CRPF troopers has been deployed for anti-Maoist operations duties in various naxal hit states.</p>