Raipur, July 28
The police in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district have started a school for surrendered Naxals who are now part of the force. Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg today said the school, with three teachers and over 300 surrendered ultras, had started functioning about a month ago in the Police Lines area of Narayanpur.
“Most surrendered cadre could not study because their schools were destroyed by Maoists. Some were forced to drop out of school to join the Naxals. After joining the police force, they expressed a desire to study,” he said.
The aim is help the surrendered Naxals reconnect with the outside world and to boost their confidence through education. “Such a move will be their actual rehabilitation”, Garg explained. They have been divided into three groups, the ones who are illiterate, those who had studied till Class V and the third comprising Class VII passouts”, the SP said.
“Most of the 300 personnel who have enrolled in the school are illiterate. They are posted in the District Reserve Guard, an anti-Naxal force in Chhattisgarh. They will appear in open school examination. Besides three regular teachers from the Education Department, policemen too are holding classes,” he said.
“I can read and write. Bastar has been fighting a Maoist insurgency for almost three decades. The disruption resulted in many like me remaining illiterate,” said Potai, now a constable. Potai, who joined the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) at a young age, surrendered in 2012.
“I want to study as it will help me rise up the ranks of the police and also help me teach my children,” Potai said. Similar is the case with Sumitra Sahu (32), who surrendered last year. She said she went to school only for two years in her village Karenar, located in Abhujmad, once a Maoist stronghold. — PTI
Air ambulance for troops in Naxal areas
- A first-of-its-kind air ambulance service has been sanctioned for troops deployed in anti-Naxal operations and those posted at high-altitude border posts.
- The ambulance will be on a Mi-17 helicopter platform of the BSF stationed in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, a Union Home Ministry order said
- A team of doctors, nursing assistants and paramedics have been deputed to round-the-clock man this first “dedicated” air ambulance service for the CAPFs
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