CRPF without regular chief since February
TNN Bureau. Updated: 4/25/2017 12:59:37 AM
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NEW DELHI: The CRPF remains headless for almost two months now with the government yet to appoint its regular Director General (DG), even as the country's largest paramilitary force lost 38 personnel in line of duty in two major ambushes during the period. After K. Durga Prasad's retirement as the last full-time chief of the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) on February 28, the Union Home Ministry had appointed Additional DG Sudeep Lakhtakia to hold the charge in "additional" capacity.
Officials in the Home Ministry say the appointment of a full-time DG is expected soon.
A senior Home Ministry official said a panel of eligible IPS officers has already been prepared for finalizing the name of the next DG.
The CRPF is not only the lead anti-Naxal operations force of the country but also heavily deployed in various states in assistance to local police and for conducting anti-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the North East.