Women commando to take on Maoist guerrillas

Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, Mar 8 (UNI) Women commando, trained in Jungle Warfare, will soon be deployed for the first time to in naxal-infested Chhattisgarh to counter Maoist guerrillas.

Official sources said today that special commando training has been imparted to 129 women constables of state police at Kanker-based Jungle War College (JWC). Their training was completed recently and soon they would be posted to the naxal-affected region.

JWC Director Ponwar said the training imparted was similar to that of men.

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