Heart attacks, suicides kill more CRPF jawans than Naxal operations

[Zarvan]

476 personnel of the country’s largest paramilitary died last year while 407 died in 2015 owing to non-operational reasons, said Union Minister of State for Home (Representational Image)

Heart attacks, depression and suicides have killed more CRPF troops, over 24 times higher, than operations and ambushes in Naxal violence-hit areas in the last two years. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj G Ahir today provided a data in this regard in Rajya Sabha, stating 5 CRPF men were killed in 2015, 31 in 2016 and thirteen till April 4 this year in the three Left Wing Extremism affected states of Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand.

As compared to these operational or on-duty deaths, 476 personnel of the country’s largest paramilitary died last year while 407 died in 2015 owing to non-operational reasons.

The data for last year shows 92 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel died due to heart attacks, five due to malaria and dengue, 26 owing to depression and suicide and 353 due to other non-operational reasons.

Similarly, the data for 2015 reveals that 82 troops of the force died due to heart attacks, 13 due to dengue or malaria, 35 owing to depression and suicides while 277 lost their lives due to other reasons.

The about three-lakh personnel strong CRPF is country’s largest Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and is also the lead force to conduct anti-Naxal operations and render a variety of duties in the internal security domain of the country.

The combined data shows that heart attacks, depression, suicides, malaria, dengue and other such reasons constitute 24 times more, over operational duties, as the major reasons for the death of CRPF jawans and officers in the last two years time.

The minister added that in order to boost the morale of the troops deployed in anti-Maoist operations measures like grant of risk allowance, house rent allownace and extension of facility for retention of government accommodation at the last place of posting is “already in place.”

“In addition, insurance and various advances and loans are given to ensure financial well being. Basic amenities like proper accommodation, medical facilities, timely evacuation of injured, better promotional avenues, gallantry awards, rewards/appreciations, grievance redress among others are being addressed,”

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[Talwar e Pakistan]

Nothing surpising.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Suicide is for weak and cowards ..

 

[salarsikander]

So is surrender

Nope, they live to fight another day,

 

[AyanRay]

Nothing surpising.

Exactly, Naxalism is almost dead now, hardly any encounters happen these days.

 

[salarsikander]

Pakistanis and their desperation, there can be various reasons why few of our security personnels take such extereme step and its usually not due to the hardship of military service, i too belong to a family in which many members are serving in different armed forces of the country including my father, and once one of the soldier of his unit commited suicide due to the family problems, his son who was also my classmate had become much of a goon than a college student, he even had po.ice cases registered against him and things went out of control besides the situation was aggravated by many more problems of different kind which sadly drew him to suicide.

But cheapshot pakistanis here would never miss a chance to generalize and try to make the point that their own agencies are better.



That what you think

That's not what I thinknthat is reality. Strategic retreat of 90k forces is a lot better than cowards killing themselves because apparently they can't face reality.

 

[Shockwave]

That's not what I thinknthat is reality. Strategic retreat of 90k forces is a lot better than cowards killing themselves because apparently they can't face reality.

This the first startegic retreat i have heard which involved signing of surrender documents and then ending up in POW camps and then make road from delhi to meerut

 

[salarsikander]

This the first startegic retreat i have heard which involved signing of surrender documents and then ending up in POW camps and then make road from delhi to meerut

You haven't heard jack shit then. You need to revisit history

This so normal in when surrendering. What is more shameful is dying not in combat like bloody cowards. If you can't take pressure don't wear the uniform and bring disgrace to it

Exactly, Naxalism is almost dead now, hardly any encounters happen these days.

Yet the soldiers are dying

 

[salarsikander]

Dont waste my time with you stupid replies your are only making a fool out of yoirself and how they take pressure in your country and what honor they have bought to their uniform, world knows

Mind your langauge. Still a lot better than those who beg for food and then are killed by superiors or those who cowardly shooot themelsves with service weapon on duty. I would choose to surrender and then kick as again than to shoot myself. Cowards