Dimapur, Feb 8 : The 20 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector Assam Rifles/ IGAR(S), with the vision to bring glory to the nation by providing opportunities to talented young boys of Manipur dispatched seventeen boys who were selected and invited by the Army Sports institute, Pune to undergo training in various sports and compete in the Olympics games.
A press release received here today informed that the 20 Assam Rifles invited a talent scouting team from Army Sports Institute, Pune. The Institute is committed to the cause of winning Olympic Medals for India in the seven chosen disciplines and is staffed by a team of dedicated Officers, International Coaches, Doctors and Consultants, the release stated.
In this regard, the release stated that four senior staff members of the institute visited Chandel from 10 to 14 November 2008 during which they conducted a series of highly specialized tests in the grounds of the Maha Union Public School. Nearly 300 young children of Manipur participated in the tests and at the end of the tests 26 boys were short listed.
Finally after analysis of their performance at Pune, 17 boys who were between the age group of 10 to 12 years received call letters and now are on their way to Pune under the escort of 26 Sector AR. The boys along with their fathers will be taken in Assam Rifles bus till Dimapur after which they will be moving to Pune by train, the release informed.
These boys were dispatched after a colourful ceremony at Pallel, where Brig Balbir Singh, Commander, 26 Sector Assam Rrifles greeted each one of them and their parents and complimented them for their selection and wished them good luck and bright future.
“These young chosen sportsmen represent the diaspora of Manipuri population as the lot comprises of the Nagas, Kukis, Meiteis and Muslim communities,” the release stated.
The release informed that the boys during their stay in Pune, the Institute would be provided with free world-class training infrastructure, boarding and lodging facilities, public school education till class 10th and an honourable career in the Army once they attain the age of 17 so that they dedicate themselves to the full time job of striving towards Olympic medals
In the course of their training, they will be given one month leave however, if their wards wish to visit them during the year, there is adequate furnished accommodation available for them to stay.
The release further stated that the parents of the selected boys expressed deep gratitude to the Assam Rifles for providing the children with such great opportunities.
Meanwhile, in another separate press release, the Commandant of 34 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector under HQ IGAR (South), on January 31 interacted and motivated “Manipur State Bharat Scouts and Guides Local Association for their service through Community Service Camp from 29 Jan 2009 to 2 Feb 2009 at Gwarok Mahadev (Yairipok)”.
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17 Manipuri boys to undergo training at ASI, Pune
Imphal , Feb 6 : Pune-based Army Sports Institute has picked up 17 boys from Manipur aged between ten and twelve years, who will be imparted with special training.
The ASI had sent a talent-search team to Manipur on the invitation of the 20th Assam Rifles battalion, who conducted the tests in Chandel district in November last year, an Assam Rifles release said today.
Altogether 300 boys from different parts of the state participated in the selections. The selected boys would leave the state very soon to join the ASI, the statement said.
The ASI had sent a talent-search team to Manipur on the invitation of the 20th Assam Rifles battalion, who conducted the tests in Chandel district in November last year, an Assam Rifles release said today.
Altogether 300 boys from different parts of the state participated in the selections. The selected boys would leave the state very soon to join the ASI, the statement said.
Code of inquiry in massacre of AR personnel
Imphal, January 23 : ASSAM RIFLES today has ordered a code of inquiry into the incident of decamping a jawan with the service weapon issued to him after shooting to dead a JCO with five other personnel including a havildar Wednesday evening in interior Ukhrul district of Manipur even as manhunt operations has started launching in the entire hill district with security red alert to trace out the deserter jawan.
Inspector general has order a code of enquiry into the incident.
The operation to track down the decamped jawan is also in progress, said a source from the PRO of the Inspector General of Assam Rifles (South) today.
A jawan of the 17 Assam Rifles by the name Sheneyi Medio, hailing from Nagaland state at first gunned down the JCO named Baldev Singh and later fired indiscriminately toward the post where other personnel are camping and immediately left the post with the AK rifles issued to him, the source said.
The jawan decamped only with the weapon (AK rifles) issued to him," the source revealed while clarifying that no other weapons carry away by him while running away.
Other personnel died in the discriminating firing were havildar Shamsu Chama, rifleman, W Islam, Diwas Singh, Bikash Kumar and Pritish Kumar.
The six personnel were on duty at the very outpost under the supervision of the JCO, the source said.
The source also ruled out possibility of the decamped jawan joining to a militant outfit stating soon after the shoot out incident, the entire hill area have been cordon off and manhunt operations have launched and till today operation in the jungles are in progress.
The incident occurred in the aftermath of a heated altercation between the decamped jawan and the JCO, Naib Subedar Baldev Singh, the in-charge of the AR manning a permanent check post on the road connecting the Ukhrul district headquarter with Kasom sub-division of the same district near the Kasom Khullen village.
The place is located some 17 kilometer from the hill district headquarter of Manipur which bordering with Nagaland on one side and with Myanmar.
Wednesday's incident is the sixth of which personnel of the Central security forces deploying in the state for counter insurgency killed their colleagues for one or other reason since 2005.The latest one occurred in July last year 2008 in which a jawan by the name Ashokumar of the Jammu and Kashmir Light shot dead a major Ankit Varandhwaj at one its post at Montuk in Chandel district.
In September 2005, a jawan of the 5th Assam Rifles killed four of his colleagues and wounded to one other following a heated argument inside the barrack of one of its post in Jiribam of Manipur.
The incident was followed by another incident of shooting to dead of his colleague by another jawan who also committed suicide in October 7 of the same year.
In November 3, 2006 also at Nongdum post of the 19 Assam Rifles in the same Ukhrul district where Wednesday incident occurred, a Havildar by the named committed suicide after killing his post commander.
Wednesday incident is amidst a high tension between the troops of Assam Rifles and cadres of the outlaw NSCN (IM) maintaining cease-fire with GOI at Siroy village near the district headquarter since the last three days.
Troops of Assam Rifles are keeping cordon off a camp of the NSCN(IM) .
Inspector general has order a code of enquiry into the incident.
The operation to track down the decamped jawan is also in progress, said a source from the PRO of the Inspector General of Assam Rifles (South) today.
A jawan of the 17 Assam Rifles by the name Sheneyi Medio, hailing from Nagaland state at first gunned down the JCO named Baldev Singh and later fired indiscriminately toward the post where other personnel are camping and immediately left the post with the AK rifles issued to him, the source said.
The jawan decamped only with the weapon (AK rifles) issued to him," the source revealed while clarifying that no other weapons carry away by him while running away.
Other personnel died in the discriminating firing were havildar Shamsu Chama, rifleman, W Islam, Diwas Singh, Bikash Kumar and Pritish Kumar.
The six personnel were on duty at the very outpost under the supervision of the JCO, the source said.
The source also ruled out possibility of the decamped jawan joining to a militant outfit stating soon after the shoot out incident, the entire hill area have been cordon off and manhunt operations have launched and till today operation in the jungles are in progress.
The incident occurred in the aftermath of a heated altercation between the decamped jawan and the JCO, Naib Subedar Baldev Singh, the in-charge of the AR manning a permanent check post on the road connecting the Ukhrul district headquarter with Kasom sub-division of the same district near the Kasom Khullen village.
The place is located some 17 kilometer from the hill district headquarter of Manipur which bordering with Nagaland on one side and with Myanmar.
Wednesday's incident is the sixth of which personnel of the Central security forces deploying in the state for counter insurgency killed their colleagues for one or other reason since 2005.The latest one occurred in July last year 2008 in which a jawan by the name Ashokumar of the Jammu and Kashmir Light shot dead a major Ankit Varandhwaj at one its post at Montuk in Chandel district.
In September 2005, a jawan of the 5th Assam Rifles killed four of his colleagues and wounded to one other following a heated argument inside the barrack of one of its post in Jiribam of Manipur.
The incident was followed by another incident of shooting to dead of his colleague by another jawan who also committed suicide in October 7 of the same year.
In November 3, 2006 also at Nongdum post of the 19 Assam Rifles in the same Ukhrul district where Wednesday incident occurred, a Havildar by the named committed suicide after killing his post commander.
Wednesday incident is amidst a high tension between the troops of Assam Rifles and cadres of the outlaw NSCN (IM) maintaining cease-fire with GOI at Siroy village near the district headquarter since the last three days.
Troops of Assam Rifles are keeping cordon off a camp of the NSCN(IM) .
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