Jun 13 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Honour for Juliet who saved CRPF platoon
Rakhi Chakrabarty
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New Delhi:
TNN
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True to the maxim -every dog has its day -Thursday belonged to Juliet, a Belgian Malinois dog with the CRPF, deployed in antiMaoist operations in Odisha.
On Thursday , CRPF chief Dilip Trivedi decided to award Juliet and her handler with Director General (DG) Commendation Disc for sniffing out two landmines, each weighing 20 kg, thereby sav ing lives of an entire CRPF platoon at Daitari in Odisha's Keonjhar district.On Wednesday , Juliet and her handler Constable Zale Singh went out with CRPF troops as part of area domination duty at Sal Ghati in the Maoist heartland in Keonjhar.
“After patrolling for about 8 km, Juliet stopped at a mound of earth and gravel by the side of the road,“ said CRPF IG (operations) Zulfiquar Hasan.
She sniffed and sat down beside the mound, refusing to budge. After a while, she scratched the ground with her paw revealing electric wires. “Our troops immediately cordoned off the area.
The bomb detection and disposal squad then unearthed a 20kg IED planted by the Maoists about two feet below the ground,“ said Hasan.
About 50 m away from the spot, Juliet sniffed out another 20 kg IED fitted with detonators and torch cells, ready for activation.
“Juliet saved many lives by her timely detection of the IEDs,“ said Hasan.
Currently , the CRPF, nodal force in anti-Maoist operations, has 108 Belgian Malinois dogs inducted over last two years in the Maoist zone.
The Belgian Malinois shot to fame as the dog “that took down Osama bin Laden“. According to reports, a Belgian Malinois accompanied the US Navy Seals team that raided the house in Pakistan where al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden lived.
On Thursday , CRPF chief Dilip Trivedi decided to award Juliet and her handler with Director General (DG) Commendation Disc for sniffing out two landmines, each weighing 20 kg, thereby sav ing lives of an entire CRPF platoon at Daitari in Odisha's Keonjhar district.On Wednesday , Juliet and her handler Constable Zale Singh went out with CRPF troops as part of area domination duty at Sal Ghati in the Maoist heartland in Keonjhar.
“After patrolling for about 8 km, Juliet stopped at a mound of earth and gravel by the side of the road,“ said CRPF IG (operations) Zulfiquar Hasan.
She sniffed and sat down beside the mound, refusing to budge. After a while, she scratched the ground with her paw revealing electric wires. “Our troops immediately cordoned off the area.
The bomb detection and disposal squad then unearthed a 20kg IED planted by the Maoists about two feet below the ground,“ said Hasan.
About 50 m away from the spot, Juliet sniffed out another 20 kg IED fitted with detonators and torch cells, ready for activation.
“Juliet saved many lives by her timely detection of the IEDs,“ said Hasan.
Currently , the CRPF, nodal force in anti-Maoist operations, has 108 Belgian Malinois dogs inducted over last two years in the Maoist zone.
The Belgian Malinois shot to fame as the dog “that took down Osama bin Laden“. According to reports, a Belgian Malinois accompanied the US Navy Seals team that raided the house in Pakistan where al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden lived.
