CRPF likely to replace SSB to protect Salwa Judum camps

The over 2,000 SSB personnel protecting state govt-run Salwa Judum camps in Chhattisgarh are likely to be replaced by CRPF.

The over 2,000 SSB personnel protecting state government-run Salwa Judum camps in Chhattisgarh are likely to be replaced by CRPF men for better coordination of operations ahead of the all out offensive against naxals in the country.

The two Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) battalions will be shifted to Assam for counter-insurgency and internal security duties. SSB already has five companies (about 500 men) deployed in the state,official sources said.

The SSB personnel have been protecting around ten Salwa Judum camps,comprising 2,000 people in the two districts of Bijapur and Dantewada in Chhattisgarh since April last year.

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The force which will replace SSB could be the CRPF,they said.

The Home Ministry had ordered the replacement and the movement of the troops will take place now as it was held back for sometime due to elections in few states. The move has been initiated to achieve a streamlined and focused output of operations and administration,sources said.

The SSB has spent an approximately Rs 16 lakh for civic action works in the last year in these camps,an SSB officer said.

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