Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 14: Emotional scenes were today witnessed when 512 recruits became members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) after participating in the passing-out parade here. Immediately after participating in the parade, the constables were greeted by friends and relatives on their achievement.
Commandant Jaidev Kesri administered the oath of allegiance to the new recruits as appointing authority after a year-long training. Additional Director General (ADG), CRPF, Deepak Mishra Srinagar took the salute and reviewed the parade as Chief Guest at RTC, CRPF, Srinagar sprawling campus. On the occasion, distinguished guests, CRPF personnel and their families were present.
DIGP and Principal RTC Mahesh Kumar highlighted the diversified role of RTC and its growth, adding that it has trained 22,700 recruits till now since its inception in 1990.
These 512 constables hail from different states and are imparted intensive training on connected subjects besides being conditioned to operate in different internal security situations.
Emphasis is also given to subjects like Law, Human Rights and Police-Public Relations, Field Crafts, Tactics, Militancy, VIP Security and Naxalism. These recruits are inducted into the force as constables only on passing of rigorous tests and examinations conducted periodically during Basic Training of about one year.
Recruits were mainly responded by States of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, J&K, Karnataka and Haryana.
Deepak Mishra addressed the recruits and congratulated them for the grand parade of a very high standards. The chief guest gave away prizes and trophies to the following trainees for their outstanding performances.
All Round best went to Recruit General Duty (RT/GD) Raju Kumar Sharma, Best Indoor RT/GD/ Abhishek Kumar, Best Indoor RT/GD Pratap Malik and Best Firing RT/GD Ranjeet Kumar.
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