Tuesday, March 24, 2015

THE CRPF COBRAS

1. The Govt. of India had accorded approval for setting up of Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) for guerilla/jungle warfare type operations for dealing with extremists and insurgents, etc.  vide U.O. NO. 16011/5/200-PF.IV dated 12/09/2008.  

2. The Govt. had accorded sanction of raising of 10 unattached battalions of CoBRA in CRPF, with a Sector Headquarter for these battalions headed by an Inspector General, in three years as per the raising schedule given below :-

           (i)      2008-09       :         02 (two) Battalions and Sector Hqrs, CoBRA

          (ii)      2009-10       :         04 (four) Battalions.

          (iii)     2010-11       :         04 (four) Battalions.

3. Accordingly, the CoBRA Sector started its functioning at Dte. Genl., CRPF, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi under the Command of Shri K. Durga Prasad, IG, CoBRA Sector.   Later, in  March, 2009,  the Sector HQ shifted to Pushp Vihar, New Delhi in a separate building and further on 11/11/2009  it has been shifted to Old Sectretariate, Civil Lines, Delhi.

4. All 10 CoBRA Bns had been raised in phased manner and started its functioning as follows:-
 
CoBRA BN
Place of Raising
Date of Operationalization
201 Bn
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh)
30/09/2009
202 Bn
Koraput (Orissa)
30/09/2009
203 Bn
Sindri, Jharkhand
31/03/2010
204 Bn
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh)
31/12/2009
205 Bn
Mokamaghat (Bihar)
31/03/2010
206 Bn
Gadhchiroli (Maharashtra)
31/03/2010
207 Bn
Durgapur (West Bengal)
31/12/2010
208 Bn
Allahabad (U.P.)
31/12/2010
209 Bn
Khunti (Jharkhand)
15/05/2011
210 Bn
Dalgaon (Assam)
31/12/2010
SIGNIFICANT MAJOR OPS  

Ops conducted in  Singamdgu  Dantewada  distt. on 17/09/2009 in which approx 30-40 Maoists were believed to have been killed .

On 09/01/2010 under PS Jagargunda in distt. Dantewada, 04 Maoists were killed and 01 12 Bore Gun with 04 Cartridges  , 03 Muzzle Loading Gun, 02 Tiffin Bomb, 01 Country made bomb, Drum  and Maoists literature with photographs were recovered. 

Ops Jaws carried out by 08 teams of 203 CoBRA from 11 TO 15TH June in area of PS Sonua & Bandgaon Distt.- W/ Singhbhum, Jharkhand in which a full fledged Maoists camp was destroyed  and reportedly 12 Maoists cadres were neutralized.

During a special ops launched in Duli forest area in W/Midnapur  distt. (WB)  on 15-16/06/10 , 08 Maoists cadres were neutralized and a huge cache of arms/amns were recovered. 

During a special ops launched in Kayma forest area in W/Midnapur  Distt. (WB)  from 25-26/07/10 , 06 Maoists cadres were neutralized and a huge cache of arms/amns were recovered. 

In a special ops launched in Saranda forest area in Distt. -  W/Singhbhum, Jharkhand from 24-28/09/10 Cobra teams were able to penetrate deep in forest and neutralized one Maoist, apprehended 4 Maoists cadres, busted 12 Maoist camps and recovery of arms/amn/explosives.

CoBRA Sector is continuous winner of Best CRPF Anniversary Parade 2009, 2010 and 2011

CoBRA SECTOR IS PRIVILIGED TO HAVE 147 DG DISCs

134 Persl - DG Disc for Operational excellence
11 Persl   - DG Discs in Administration Purpose
04 Persl  - DG Discs in Training Purpose

CoBRA sector is proud to have 09 Gallantry Medal winners including a SHAURYA CHAKRA.
In the year 2010 & 2011 CoBRA has received highest number of DG Discs on operational front.
Shaurya Chakra Awardee Late CT/GD Asish Kr. Tiwari 
    CoBRA commando Ashish Kumar Tiwari is the lone policeman to be decorated with the SHAURYA CHAKRA posthumously this Independence Day and 2nd in CRPF for single-handedly pinning down a squad of Maoists which resulted in the killing of top Naxal leader Sidhu Soren in West Bengal last year.

    Tiwari, a commando of the elite 202 (CoBRA), suffered multiple bullet injuries during the assault but did not let the holed-up Maoists flee and kept firing from his INSAS rifle till he breathed his last. The operation on July 26 last year in the forests of Kayma village of West Midnapore district was hailed as one of the major successes for security forces conducting anti-Naxal operations in the area. 

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