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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Police Tactical Unit of West Bengal Police}}<br />
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{{Infobox law enforcement unit<br />
|unit_name = Counter Insurgency Force<br />
|image = Counter Insurgency Force, West Bengal Flag.png<br />
|caption = Flag of CIF West Bengal<br />
|motto = "Fight to Finish"<br />
|dates = 2010–present<br />
|abbreviation = CIF West Bengal<br />
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|sworn_type_label = Operatives<br />
|sworn = 1000+ personnel<br />
|country = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]<br />
|agency = [[West Bengal Police]]<br />
|type = [[Special Police]]<br/>[[Police tactical unit]]<br />
|role = * [[Counterinsurgency]]<br />
* [[Counter-terrorism]]<br />
* [[Law enforcement]]<br />
|ops_juris = [[West Bengal]]<br />
|headquarters = [[Garia]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
|decorations = <!-- Commanders --><br />
|current_commander = [[File:Director General of Police.png|20px]] [[Additional Director General of Police|ADG]] Ajay Kumar Nand, IPS<br />
}}<br />
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'''Counter Insurgency Force''' or ('''CIF''') A law enforcement unit of [[West Bengal Police]] with headquarters in [[Garia]], [[West Bengal]] was created by the [[West Bengal]] state government in 2010 on the lines of [[Greyhounds (police)|Greyhounds]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] to combat proscribed [[Naxalites]]/[[Maoists]] in the state. At least 1000 personnel from the state armed forces have been given commando training prior to inclusion in the CIF. The training center itself is located in Salua, and further field training is given at Salboni, both in [[West Bengal]] [[Midnapore]] district. Now it shifted to Durgapur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/wb-moots-counter-insurgency-force-to-combat-naxals_624825.html |title=WB moots counter insurgency force to combat Naxals |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=2010-05-06 |accessdate=2013-08-07}}</ref><br />
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Trainees are shortlisted from common recruitment procedures. IGP (Armed Police) Vivek Sahay was given additional charge as IGP (Operations) in the force, while Assistant Director of the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]] Ajoy Nanda has taken over as DIG (Training and Operations). Anil Kumar, IPS is a part of the endeavor in the specific capacity of Spl IGP (Operations).<br />
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CIF is headed by Ajay Kumar Nand, IPS (IGP, CIF, West Bengal).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/Post_IPS.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126223009/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/Post_IPS.pdf |archivedate=2011-11-26 }}</ref><br />
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CIF was involved in the capture and killing during an firefight of wanted Maoist [[Mallojula Koteswara Rao]], alias ''Kishenji'' on 24 November 2011 after a 30-minute gunfight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bloody-end-for-Maoist-leader-Kishenji-CRPF-kills-him-in-Bengal/Article1-773485.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126182836/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bloody-end-for-Maoist-leader-Kishenji-CRPF-kills-him-in-Bengal/Article1-773485.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 November 2011 |title=Top Maoist leader Kishenji killed |publisher=Hindustan Times |date= |accessdate=2013-08-07}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[West Bengal Police]]<br />
* [[Manoj Verma]]<br />
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