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ust like they entered Myanmar unannounced on June 9 to attack the hiding north-eastern origin rebels, the 21 Para Special Forces (SF) unit of the Indian Army entered the high-security zone of Lutyen’s Delhi couple of days ago, albeit on an invitation.
This time, however, they had been invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met the crack team of commandoes to “pat them on their backs” and know for himself the work done in Myanmar, sources told The Tribune about the visit of the commandoes to Lutyen’s Delhi – the seat of the Central Government.
On June 9, the 21 Para SF had entered Myanmar to carry out a surgical strike on two camps of the north-eastern rebels hiding in the neigbouring country and killed some 60 of the rebels in a retaliatory strike. The rebels, on June 4, led by the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (K) had killed 18 Armymen and injured 11 in an attack in Manipur.
The figure of 60 deaths of rebels is what had been conveyed by various Central agencies to the Government. The team of some 45-50 of the 21 Para SF met the PM and in attendance were senior-most officers of the Army’s Eastern Command. Photos were clicked but none made public so far as the SF units are anyway shy of the camera.
The PM spent a ‘fair amount’ of time in talking to the officers and men about the operations and congratulating them. For the Army, it was a first, in recent years, that the PM called in to meet an operational team. Interactions between the PM and men on the ground – are largely limited to PM’s visits to border areas. The team of commandoes go by their colloquial name ‘Waghnakh’ – ‘Tiger’s Claw’.
The 21 Para had originally been a Maratha unit of the Army hence carry the Marathi colloquial name. Each of the officers and men are trained in jungle warfare and use one of the finest weapons and equipment available globally. The PM had also met the team of CRPF commandoes christened as ‘Cobra’ they had killed 12 maoists in an encounter in Jharkhand on June 8.
PM meets Army crack team that raided Myanmar | idrw.org
This time, however, they had been invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met the crack team of commandoes to “pat them on their backs” and know for himself the work done in Myanmar, sources told The Tribune about the visit of the commandoes to Lutyen’s Delhi – the seat of the Central Government.
On June 9, the 21 Para SF had entered Myanmar to carry out a surgical strike on two camps of the north-eastern rebels hiding in the neigbouring country and killed some 60 of the rebels in a retaliatory strike. The rebels, on June 4, led by the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (K) had killed 18 Armymen and injured 11 in an attack in Manipur.
The figure of 60 deaths of rebels is what had been conveyed by various Central agencies to the Government. The team of some 45-50 of the 21 Para SF met the PM and in attendance were senior-most officers of the Army’s Eastern Command. Photos were clicked but none made public so far as the SF units are anyway shy of the camera.
The PM spent a ‘fair amount’ of time in talking to the officers and men about the operations and congratulating them. For the Army, it was a first, in recent years, that the PM called in to meet an operational team. Interactions between the PM and men on the ground – are largely limited to PM’s visits to border areas. The team of commandoes go by their colloquial name ‘Waghnakh’ – ‘Tiger’s Claw’.
The 21 Para had originally been a Maratha unit of the Army hence carry the Marathi colloquial name. Each of the officers and men are trained in jungle warfare and use one of the finest weapons and equipment available globally. The PM had also met the team of CRPF commandoes christened as ‘Cobra’ they had killed 12 maoists in an encounter in Jharkhand on June 8.
PM meets Army crack team that raided Myanmar | idrw.org
