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Army training for Indo-Bangladesh defense co-operation to held in Patna

By: JurmoloyaRava

From November 13th to December 10th an army training capsule on counter-insurgency/ counter-terrorism operations will be conducted in Patna’s Danapur Cantonment, as a part of the ongoing Indo-Bangladesh defense co-operation.

The training event will be attended by five officers and 25 other ranks of the Bangladesh Army. To which today an official statement was released which said, “This training capsule is one of the major training events and defence cooperation endeavours between the two armies and will be first of its kind being organised for the Bangladesh Army at Danapur Cantonment”.

Both countries are facing similar threats relating to insurgency and terrorism including certain groups operating in both countries. The operating principles and tactics of both countries while dealing with insurgency/ terrorism-related incidents are also similar.

The training will mostly aim at skilling the Bangladesh Army personnel on handling counter-insurgency / counter-terrorism operations in hostile environment drawn from decades of experience of the Indian Army.

Colonel D.D. Swain will head the Indian Army training team. He is an experienced counter-insurgency / counter-terrorism operations expert having commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir and operated in insurgency-affected areas of Assam and Manipur for many years.

During the training capsule, state-of-the-art weapons and equipment for close-quarter battle, surveillance and tracking, explosives, IED detectors and communication equipment will be fielded.

The Bangladesh team will train, plan and execute a series of well-developed operations for neutralisation of threats of the above-mentioned nature.

This training capsule is being conducted as one of the initiatives to strengthen Indo-Bangladesh ties and will be mutually helpful for developing common operating procedures for the eventuality in future as threats and inimical groups in both countries are alike.

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