Gurugram

Forty-six trainee officers, including two women, were commissioned as Assistant Commandants in the Central Reserve Police Force on Wednesday after a passing out parade at the force’s academy in Gurugram.

Bandi Sanjay Kumar took the salute at the parade and urged the newly inducted officers to provide strong leadership in some of the country’s most challenging internal security environments.

The ceremony was held at the CRPF Officers' Training Academy in Kadarpur village. Officials said the officers would soon be posted to operational units deployed in major theatres including counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir, anti-insurgency duties in the northeast, and anti-Naxal operations across several states.

The officers joined training in March 2025 after clearing the nationwide examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. They underwent 52 weeks of training covering combat, administration, leadership and other service areas.

The 56th Directly Appointed Gazetted Officers batch includes candidates from 14 states. Among them, 19 hold BTech degrees, 11 are postgraduates and 16 are graduates.

Khesito Yhokha from Kohima received the prestigious Sword of Honour and the Home Minister’s Cup for being the overall best trainee, along with several other awards.

Family members and senior CRPF officials ceremonially pinned the three-star rank insignia on the officers’ shoulders.

CRPF Director General Gyanendra Pratap Singh could not attend the event as he was in West Bengal overseeing assembly election-related duties.

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The approximately 3.25 lakh-strong CRPF was originally raised in 1939 as the Crown Representatives Police and was renamed the Central Reserve Police Force in 1949.