STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE

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| Structures of Violence
Chart No. 2 shows the structure of the Divisions and
Military Intelligence Units under the XIV Corps
headquartered at Leh.
2
Chart No.3 shows the structure of the Divisions/Force,
Sector/Brigades and Military Intelligence units under the
XV Corps, headquartered at Badami Bagh cantonment.
3
Chart No.4 shows the structure of the Divisions/Force
and Sector/Brigades and Military Intelligence units under
the XVI Corps, headquartered at Nagrota .
Chart No.5 shows the structure of the Divisions and
Military Intelligence units under the Western Command,
which has a single Corps relevant to Jammu and Kashmir
.
We will also have to take into account the intelligence
agencies that work for the army [reected in the above
charts], independent of RAW or IB or the local police
intelligence agencies. There are four levels of intelligence
agencies working with the army [as relevant to Jammu
and Kashmir], with the individual detachments referred to
as “DET”:
- Northern Command Counter-Intelligence Unit
[NCCIU]: This unit works with the different army
formations under the Northern Command, and oversees
other military intelligence units. Headquartered in
Udhampur and headed by a Colonel, there are also three
Rear Headquarters at each of the Corps HQ, at Leh (XIV
Corps) Srinagar (XV Corps), and Nagrota (XVI Corps),
each headed by a Lt. Colonel. The individual DETs and
formations of NCCIU are at List No.1
- Western Command Counter-Intelligence Unit
[WCCIU]: This unit works with the different army
formations in the Western Command and has a Rear HQ
in Bakshinagar, Jammu headed by a Major presently. The
individual DETs and formations of WCCIU are at List
No.2.
- Counter-Intelligence Unit [CIU]: This unit works
with counter-insurgency forces, i.e. the RR, only in XV
Corps and XVI Corps. XV Corps has two headquarters:
30 CIU, Shariefabad and 31 CIU, Awantipora, each
headed by a Colonel.16 Corps has two headquarters: CIU
Akhnoor and CIU Batote, each headed by a Colonel. The
individual DETs and formations of CIU are at List No.3.
- Counter-Intelligence Surveillance Unit [CISU]:
This unit works with the Infantry Divisions and is
headquartered in XIV Corps at Leh, XV Corps at Haft
Chinar, and XVI Corps at Nagrota. In each HQ there is a
Colonel. The individual DETs and formations of CISU are
at List No.4.
Army strength
Regular army
Guiding numbers
These gures are estimates; there exists no ofcial
information on the actual strength of the army units
deployed in Jammu and Kashmir. We summarize the
information collected by the researchers below:
First, every Brigade/Sector is said to have a total of 4-6
Battalions. Each Battalion consists of an estimated 10
Companies. The total for a single company may be
estimated at around 145.
Consequently, Battalion strength is an estimated 1160,
[presuming 8 companies as a base] and is headed by a
Colonel [Commanding Ofcer]. Each Brigade/Sector has
an estimated 5 Battalions and therefore Brigade/Sector
strength may be estimated at 5808 [as the Brigade/Sector
headquarters staff, headed by a Brigadier, is around 8].
The strength of Division/Force Headquarters, Corp
Headquarters and the actual Northern Command must be
noted. Division/Force Headquarters, headed by General
Ofcer Commanding [Major General] may be estimated
at 15; Corp Headquarters, headed by a General Ofcer
Commanding [Major General] may be estimated at 54;
Command Headquarters, headed by a Lt. General may
be estimated at 77.
Each DET of Military Intelligence has around 7 personnel
with 1 ofcer in command. In addition, the following is the
strength at the headquarters levels for the 4 military
intelligence agencies:
- NCCIU Udhampur: There would be around 20
personnel at the headquarters. Further, at each of the
three Rear headquarters there would be around 8
personnel. Therefore, the total strength at the NCCIU
headquarters level would be around 44.
- WCCIU: There would be around 8 personnel at
the Rear Headquarters.
- CIU: Each of the four headquarters would have
around 20 personnel. Therefore, the strength at
headquarters level of CIU would be 80.
- CISU: Each of the three headquarters would
have around 20 personnel. Therefore, the strength at
headquarters level of CISU would be 60.
Northern Command strength
The Indian army strength in Northern Command may be
estimated at 356382.
The above estimate is arrived as per the following
calculations:
- XIV Corp, comprising of 3 Divisions, and a total of
9 Brigades would have strength of: 52371.
- XV Corps, comprising of 7 Divisions/Forces, and
a total of 32 Brigades/Sectors would have strength of:
186015.
- XVI Corps, comprising of 7 Divisions/Forces, and
a total of 20 Brigades/Sectors would have strength of:
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116319 .
- In addition, there are two Battalions of the Special
Forces [Paracommandos] operating under the Northern
2 This chart mentions the Airforce at Sector HQ Awantipora. There are in fact three air bases in Jammu and Kashmir: Awantipora, Ladakh and
Udhampur. Here the Airforce has been mentioned as it is located at a Brigade location. This study does cover the structure or strength of the Airforce.
3 “Uniform” is cited widely as an operating “Force” of the Rashtriya Ries in Jammu and Kashmir. But, the researchers could not verify its present
existence, location and strength. As a result, while shown in the chart, no details are provided and it has not been included for the purposes of
calculating strength/numbers of the army in Jammu and Kashmir.
4 In these calculations the Transit Camp at Brigade HQ Chowkibal has not been added as it is only a transit camp and the strength of the personnel in
the Transit Camp would be accounted for elsewhere. Further, the JAKLI Centre at Old Aireld Rangreth has also not been accounted for as once
again the personnel here would be accounted for as they come from other parts of Jammu and Kashmir or even from outside Jammu and Kashmir.