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Corps of Military Police trains first-ever all-women batch to be inducted in Indian Army

Once they graduate, the sepoys — as the trainee Lance Naiks are called — will be assigned various roles in 11 locations across the country
The first batch of 100 women in the Corps of Military Police (CMP) have almost completed their training and will graduate as Lance Naiks on May 8 after a year of rigorous training. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
The first batch of 100 women in the Corps of Military Police (CMP) have almost completed their training and will graduate as Lance Naiks on May 8 after a year of rigorous training. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
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This is the first time that the CMP has recruited women in posts below the rank of officer, said Lieutenant Colonel Julee Singh, Corps of Army Air Defence, adding that the aim is to make women military police a force multiplier. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
This is the first time that the CMP has recruited women in posts below the rank of officer, said Lieutenant Colonel Julee Singh, Corps of Army Air Defence, adding that the aim is to make women military police a force multiplier. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
After graduation, they will be assigned various roles in 11 locations across the country. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
After graduation, they will be assigned various roles in 11 locations across the country. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
Their duties include military operations, frisking women at check posts and during search operations, investigating sexual assaults such as rape, molestation, and sexual harassment in family quarters. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
Their duties include military operations, frisking women at check posts and during search operations, investigating sexual assaults such as rape, molestation, and sexual harassment in family quarters. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
According to CMP’s data, most of the sepoys have a background in the National Cadet Corps and are aged between 19-21. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
According to CMP’s data, most of the sepoys have a background in the National Cadet Corps and are aged between 19-21. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
According to CMP’s data, most of the sepoys have a background in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and are aged between 19-21. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
According to CMP’s data, most of the sepoys have a background in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and are aged between 19-21. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
Among those recruited include eight from Karnataka, 26 from Haryana, 27 from Uttar Pradesh, two from Himachal Pradesh, six from Kerala, one each from Delhi, Punjab, and Rajasthan, two from the Northeast, and one or two from other states. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
Among those recruited include eight from Karnataka, 26 from Haryana, 27 from Uttar Pradesh, two from Himachal Pradesh, six from Kerala, one each from Delhi, Punjab, and Rajasthan, two from the Northeast, and one or two from other states. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
A cadet undergoing training session at CMP Centre in Bengaluru. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
A cadet undergoing training session at CMP Centre in Bengaluru. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)

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