by Police - Bureau of Police Research and Development

The Indian Police JournalTraining and more training in all aspects of jungle warfare andcounter-insurgency will be the harbinger of success. Like in thedemanding world of aeronautics, every part and component -however minute it may sound - is tested and approved beforelaunching and every time, without fail, before any aeroplanetakes off. The same type of preparedness and perseverance is• 3rd Principle: “The snake in a home is to be searched, driven outor neutralized.”This principle may sound to some as violative of animal orhuman rights. But for our own survival, in our everyday life,almost everyone, except the sickly and coward, believes in it.The Maoist militants have declared a war against the State. Everymember of the security agencies is an enemy to them. They donMilitary uniform, are always armed with illegal and sophisticatedweapons and in search of targeting policemen. They do notbelieve in the constitution or in a democratic system. Violenceis their guru-mantra. They have maimed and killed thousands ofinnocent people and brutally attacked policemen. Vehicles ofsecurity agencies and public representatives have been blastedby the use of landmines. Should the security agencies wait foris a question of killing or be killed, who would prefer to be killedinstead of taking the other’s life? Let us face the reality instead ofbelieving in the rhetoric.At the end, I would like to reiterate again, that serious, well-coordinatedand unconventional decisions are the need of the hour as half-heartedor delayed measures are destined to meet the defeat.•January - March, 201377