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First in 47 years: No operational fatality in CRPF in an entire year

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

In short

Internal reviews revealed that between 75% and 80% of historical operational fatalities occurred days after the initial injury, prompting a rapid air-ambulance evacuation protocol to advanced medical centers. Alongside medical improvements, commanders adopted a policy of deploying 1.5 times the required personnel and treating routine troop movements in high-risk zones as active combat maneuvers. These measures helped reverse a long-standing average of more than 28 operational deaths per year recorded since 1947.

Key points

  • Rapid air evacuation to advanced hospitals successfully addressed the majority of fatalit…: Rapid air evacuation to advanced hospitals successfully addressed the majority of fatalities that historically occurred days after injury.
  • Tactical reforms now require deploying 1.5 times the necessary force and treating routine…: Tactical reforms now require deploying 1.5 times the necessary force and treating routine high-risk travel as operational maneuvers.
  • Modernized hardware, tactical training, and strategic planning directly lowered operation…: Modernized hardware, tactical training, and strategic planning directly lowered operational casualty rates across volatile deployment sectors.

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CRPF records a year without operational fatalities for the first time in 47 years, with its last such death reported on October 30, 2025

NEW DELHI: CRPF has completed a year without a single operational fatality for the first time in 47 years, despite high-risk deployments across Jammu & Kashmir, Left-wing extremism-hit areas and Manipur."A significant milestone in the history of CRPF - 12 consecutive months have passed without any operational fatality, the last operational fatality being on Oct 30, 2025," CRPF DG G P Singh said Monday. He credited the milestone to modern hardware, better training, strategic planning and high-speed evacuation of injured personnel to medical facilities.CRPF personnel led the battle against LWE in 2026, hitting Maoists in pocket boroughs and eliminating their leadership. In Manipur, CRPF is deployed since violence broke out there in 2023. The state continues to face bouts of violence, many over the past one year..Since 1947, 2,268 CRPF men have been killed in operations, averaging over 28 fatalities a year. The highest toll was 143 in 2010, largely due to a Maoist ambush that…

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