India, April 23 -- Forty-six trainee officers, including two women, were appointed as assistant commandants to the country's largest paramilitary, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), on Wednesday, following a passing out parade at their academy in Gurugram. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar took the salute of the parade.

Addressing the young officers at the CRPF Officers' Training Academy in Kadarpur village (Gurugram) of Haryana, the minister asked them to provide a "strong leadership" to the troops who work in some of the most "challenging" internal security theatres of the country.

A senior officer said the new officers will soon join various operational units of the CRPF deployed in three main combat t...