Employment of Surrendered Militants

A proposal is under consideration in this Ministry in consultation with other Ministries concerned to set up two new Auxiliary Battalions; one each in Boarder Security Force (BSF) and Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) for inducting the surrendered militants in North Eastern Region, particularly from Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland initially on contractual basis for a term of 5 years. No definite time frame can be given at this point by which the Auxiliary Battalions will be raised.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to Shri Ashok Shankarrao Chavan, Smt. Supriya Sule, Shri Kunwar Haribansh Singh, Shri Gajanan Kirtikar and Shri Sudheer Gupta in the Lok Sabha today.