Chhattisgarh Police Explained
| Agencyname: | Chhattisgarh Police |
| Commonname: | CG Police |
| Logocaption: | Insignia |
| Flag: | File:Flag of Chhattisgarh Police.png |
| Flagcaption: | Flag |
| Motto: | Paritranay Sadhunaam[1] |
| Mottotranslated: | To protect the good people |
| Formed: | 2000 |
| Preceding1: | Madhya Pradesh Police |
| Country: | India |
| Countryabbr: | IN |
| Divtype: | State |
| Divname: | Chhattisgarh |
| Map: | File:IN-CT.svg |
| Sizearea: | 135,192 km2 |
| Sizepopulation: | 30 Million |
| Legaljuris: | Chhattisgarh |
| Governingbody: | Government of Chhattisgarh |
| Police: | Yes |
| Local: | Yes |
| Oversightbody: | Ministry of Home Affairs of Chhattisgarh |
| Headquarters: | Naya Raipur |
| Chief1name: | Ashok Juneja, IPS[2] |
| Chief1position: | Director General of Police |
| Child1agency: | Chhattisgar State Cyber Police • Special Task Force • Danteshwari Ladake • District Reserve Guard • Bastar Fighter Force. |
| Website: | www.cgpolice.gov.in |
The Chhattisgarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Chhattisgarh in India. The agency is administered by the Department of Home Affairs of the Government of Chhattisgarh. The force has specialized units to fight the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in some districts of the state.
Units
- Special Task Force was raised in the year 2007 for battling Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh. Headquartered in Baghera of Durg district, the force has hubs coming up in the districts of Kanker, Sukma, Bijapur and Bastar.[3] [4]
- District Reserve Guard was formed by recruiting local tribal boys to counter the Naxals.[5] [6]
- Danteshwari Ladake, women commando unit of District Reserve Guard.[7] [8]
- Bastar Fighter Force.[9]
Training
The police officers are trained at the State Police Academy at Chandkhuri near Raipur.[10]
Weaponry
Notes and References
- Web site: This Class 12 Student Tells Us All Why We Need to Give More Respect to Our Police Force . The Better India . 2 January 2017.
- Web site: Chhattisgarh Police at Glance . Chhattisgarh Police . 16 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130531030745/http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/content/chhattisgarh-police-glance . 31 May 2013 .
- Web site: Efforts in Action . 24 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171228033116/http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/efforts-action . 28 December 2017 . dead .
- News: Notes from the Bastar battlefield . The Indian Express . 6 June 2013 . en-IN.
- News: Two DRG personnel injured in IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh . The Hindu . 21 May 2019 . en-IN.
- News: District Reserve Group adds impetus to anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh . The Economic Times . 13 July 2018.
- News: Danteshwari Ladake: How the DRG women commandos paid Maoists back in their own coin in Dantewada encounter . NewsX . 13 May 2019 . en.
- News: GI Janes get first taste of war in Red zone . The Times of India . TNN . 9 May 2019 . en.
- Web site: Bastar Fighter Force Bharti: नक्सलियों के गढ़ बस्तर में फाइटर फोर्स की भर्ती शुरू, नक्सलवाद से लड़ने के लिए बेखौफ होकर आगे आ रहे हैं लड़के-लड़कियां . 10 May 2022 .
- News: 1,425 police officers get training at Chandkhuri . 2 May 2015 . The Pioneer . en . 14 September 2019.
- News: Unnithan . Sandeep . This Made in India gun, with a cult following among gamers, soon to join Army's arsenal . India Today . en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523133418/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20170918-modern-sub-machine-carbine-drdo-indian-army-1039903-2017-09-08 . 2019-05-23.
