Explained:Why is Kolkata police inducting Belgian Malinois that helped killed Bin Laden and Baghdadi
New Delhi, Feb 15: The Kolkata police earlier this week said that it would be Inducting the Belgian Malinois, the dog breed that helped track Osama Bin Laden.
The dog will be inducted into the specialised dog squad being set up to combat terror activities in Kolkata. Last year, the Mumbai Police had added this breed into its squad.
Tracking Osama Bin Laden:
The Belgian Malinois has played an important role in two major operations for the United States. First the dog was used to track down Osama Bin Laden. Conan another US military Belgian Malinois had played an important role in the raid that led to the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State chief. The dog has been described as an ultimate fighter by US President, Donald Trump.
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Why is the Belgian Malinois effective:
This breed has visual and olfactory sensory abilities and can go where a soldier cannot. It is said that this breed can intimidate a foe faster using non-lethal force. It is due to these capabilities that the Belgian Malinois has been trained for years in the military.
The Indian scenario:
In October 2019, the Delhi police said it was recruiting five Golden Retrievers into its canine squad. These dogs brought from Hyderabad have been trained for six months by a centre run by the BSF in Madhya Pradesh. These dogs can detect any bomb or explosive.
Post the Mumbai 26/11 attack, the demand for bomb sniffing dogs rose very fast.
The CRPF has already inducted Belgian Malinois dogs. The Maharashtra Police has also written to the home department and the DGP to procure Belgian Malinois for Naxal-hit areas and for Force One, their elite team that deals with terror activities.
Belgian Malinois in Kolkata:
The main reason to introduce this breed is due to its ability to deal with any terror-like situation and "that has been proven in several incidents around the world", the officer said.
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A
new
kennel
for
the
'attack
dogs' is
being
set
up
near
'Nabanna',
the
state
secretariat.
One
of
the
dogs,
trained
outside
the
state,
has
already
been
inducted.
We had been planning to introduce them for quite sometime and now we have got the permission from the Home Ministry. These dogs will be trained by experts from outside the state, and will take a year before being inducted," an officer said.
The
Kolkata
Police
already
has
a
dog
squad
which
is
attached
to
its
Detective
Department.
The
dog
squad
has
35
dogs
of
different
breeds
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Labrador,
Doberman,
German
Shepherd,
Beagle
Rottweiler
and
Golden
Retriever.
Already 10 German Shepherd dogs and two Labradors have been sent from a kennel in Hyderabad for the dog squad.