In difficult terrain, security workers end up second best despite the training
The attack by Maoist extremists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, that eliminated 17 security workers and hurt 15, consisting of 2 critically, provides a grim picture on how inadequately India continues to fare on this front. Appropriately, security forces, consisting of District Reserve Guards, Special Task Force, numbering 500, were dispatched into the forests to deal with the emergent scenario.
