NEW DELHI: Fifty-nine newly recruited commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stunned the brass of India’s largest paramilitary force when they abandoned their journey to the headquarters in Bihar and went home without informing anyone.
The mass bunking by the CoBRA personnel, who were returning from Srinagar after a five-day basic training session, forced the CRPF to order an inquiry into the matter after they didn’t report for duty in Bihar, where they were supposed to be posted in Naxalism-affected areas.
The incident occurred on Sunday at Mughalsarai railway station. Officials said the jawans did not inform their contingent commander, who was on board the train, and made their escape in the night.
CRPF director general K Durga Prasad told TOI that he had ordered a court of inquiry into the incident. Prasad said the commandos had come early from J&K as they had to reach Bihar on February 7. He, however, agreed that “they cannot be termed deserters even though they should have informed the seniors”.
