Tags: NSG , CRPF

New Delhi: The CRPF and NSG today got their new chiefs with A S Gill, a 1972 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer, and Punjab DGP N P S Aulakh taking over charge of the paramilitary force and elite commando squad respectively.

Gill took over the charge from V K Joshi, who retired today after 38 years of distinguished service, while Aulakh succeeded J K Dutt, who also superannuated.

"I know this force pretty well as I have earlier served it. The CRPF will have to re-orient itself and improve the present standards to meet its new challenges, including naxals and insurgency," Gill said and termed his new assignment as "honourable".

Gill will head the world's largest paramilitary force which has a strength of 2,10,000 personnel (210 battalions), besides the newly raised anti-naxal force COBRA.

Aulakh, a 1972 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre, will lead the 10,000-commando strong NSG, a force which was highly praised for its successful anti-terror operations, including November 26 Mumbai terror attack.

The outgoing CRPF DG Joshi was known to be an efficient officer as he had been credited with the establishment of COBRA and initiated steps for the establishment an intelligence wing in the force.

The retiring NSG chief Dutt led the November 26 operation from Mumbai with his black cat commandos.

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