Silchar, March 13 : The BSF is scouting for a plot in Cachar to set up a centre that would train recruits in counter-insurgency and urban terrorism operations.
A top BSF source today said the Union home ministry has sanctioned a plan to set up a Subsidiary Training Centre that would offer lessons in weaponry, firing skills, explosives management, stress management, human rights and tactical operations.
The Cachar administration is helping the BSF identify the ideal location for the centre.
The district already has a similar training centre in Doyapur, about 12km from Silchar, where the CRPF train their jawans on ways to deal with militants.
The largest counter-insurgency training unit in Asia, the Counter-insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, is also located only 40km from Silchar, at Vairengte in north Mizoram.
The centre was set up in 1978 following a spurt in guerrilla operations in Nagaland and Mizoram.
It gradually came to be known as one of the best counter-insurgency schools, with soldiers from the US, the UK, France, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Egypt, Brazil and Mongolia trooping in regularly for training.
The BSF training school, once built, will be the third such institute in that zone.
Though the primary duty of the BSF is to guard the border, it has been drawn into counter-insurgency operations in militant-ridden areas like North Cachar Hills, necessitating training in guerrilla warfare.
Three battalions of the BSF now guard the border along the Barak valley.
Cachar has its share of one battalion, though a BSF source said another battalion may be deployed soon.
Robbery
Burglars broke into the official house of the chief judicial magistrate of Golaghat court, Rajib Goswami, and decamped with ornaments and other valuables. Goswami, was away from his house with his family, for a few days. The family returned home this morning and found the items missing.