Second Group Of 15 Arunachal Police Officers To Be Trained In Mandarin

The Union government would teach a second batch of 15 police officers from Arunachal Pradesh in Mandarin and study case studies of Chinese army transgressions in border areas, including the recent clash with the Indian Army in Tawang, according to a media report.

The two-week course on modern policing began on Monday at Gandhinagar's Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), which comes under the home ministry. According to the officials, these cops are stationed throughout Arunachal, including Itanagar, Pasighat, Tawang and Papum Pare. In September 2021, the first batch underwent similar training.

RRU outreach officer Kumar Sabhaysachi said, “The trainers are RRU faculty who are ex-service personnel and native speakers of the Mandarin language. Topics will include the fundamentals of Mandarin, border control and cross-border infiltration, case studies on Chinese soldiers' transgression in Arunachal and strategies and problems in Northeast insurgency.”

The curriculum would assist not only the police but also the state, as experts from the RRU will debate growing concerns in Arunachal, according to Dharati Dholariya, dean of the RRU's Directorate of Professional Development and Training.

China has recently renamed 11 locations in Arunachal Pradesh, including two land tracts, two residential areas, five mountain peaks and two rivers. There have been multiple standoffs and faceoffs between Indian and Chinese patrolling units.

According to officials, the training would aid the forces in intelligence collection and will help the state police develop a better connection with their Chinese colleagues.

Military standoffs and confrontations between Chinese and Indian soldiers were reported along the borders in 2020, especially at Pangong Lake and Galwan in Ladakh. In Ladakh, at least 20 soldiers, including a Colonel, were killed in confrontations. The pullout of Indian and Chinese personnel was just completed, although issues linger, with China's People's Liberation Army continuing to deny India access to traditional patrolling sites along the LAC at the Depsang Plains and Charding Nala.