A railway protection Force personnel on a shooting spree on a running train on Monday morning killed four including his boss while his choice of victims raises doubts about whether this was a random shooting or not his lawyers and the railways have hinted that he may have been mentally Disturbedwhile that is yet to be proved it does reopen the conversation on the mental health of armed police Personnel in India on Wednesday the ministry of HomeAffairs informed the rajya Sabha that there has been a 38 increase in psychiatric cases in the central armed police forces between 2020 and 2022.
The number has gone up from 3584 to 4940. Union minister of State for home nithyananda said that the capfs such as the border security Force the sashastra seem able the central Reserve police force the in the Tibetan Border Police Force TSM rifles and the Central Industrial security Force have available to them psychiatrists clinical psychologists and counselors but considering that there are only five Psychiatric
Doctors in itbp four nbsf three ncrpf and one each in SSB and AR is it enough especially if one considers that there have been 658 suicides in the central armed police forces between 2018 and 2022. data from the ministry shows that 1205 jawans have committed suicide over the last 10 years which is about 125 a year on average nithyanandra outlined just what the government is doing to help those with mental issues in the central armed police force cases are being treated by experts and if needed being referred to specialists in
hospitals each patient's records are maintained with regular follow-ups moreover yoga is now a part of the routine physical training and there is stress counseling at all levels but it's not just suicide cases of fracture site are also up a home Ministry appointed task force found triggers include issues related to humiliation harassment and leave related conflicts looking into the instances of suicide and fratric sites in the capf and
Assam rifles the task force found that the jawans are under increasing stress officials said that the draft report also finds tough service conditions criticism humiliation at workplace and access to weapons among the key reasons for suicides and fratric science the stress and mental health concerns also leads to a high attrition rate among the central armed police forces over 50 000 capf Personnel quit jobs in the past
five years according to the government data the highest tradition was in 2022 when 11884 Personnel quit their jobs according to a government panel continuous and prolonged deployment of troops in tough inhospitable conditions lack of rest poor prospects for growth are some of the reasons for high attrition particularly in the BSF and crpf many also leave due to family reasons to look after Farms or businesses or for better opportunities in the private sector .
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