Indian Army has started organising workshops for weapon training as hundreds of ex-servicemen acting as Village Defence Guards (VDGs) are being equipped with automatic weapons for the first time since the creation of Village Defence Committees (VDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pir Panjal and Chenab mountain ranges.
#IndianArmy organised an Interactive workshop for weapon cleaning & firing with VDC members at Makhidhar, #Reasi District to discuss various issues pertaining to their well being, security & improving their firing skills@adgpi @NorthernComd_IA pic.twitter.com/cDQTmImiov
— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) January 11, 2023
As reported by IndiaNarrative.com, Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that the VDCs in Jammu would be refurbished to ensure the protection of the minority communities. While Self Loading Rifles (SLRs) were being provided to the trained ex-servicemen, other VDGs would be trained in the use of the automatic weapons by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
SLR weapons distributed among ex-servicemen part of Village Defence Committee in Dhangri village of Rajouri pic.twitter.com/B0G6i6psdQ
— Enewsjammu (@enewsjammu) January 10, 2023
The development comes after the twin terror attacks which killed seven members of the minority Hindu community and left 11 more injured at the beginning of the new year. The selective target killings on January 1 and 2 took place at Rajouri’s Dhangri village after a long pause but just days after a grenade attack and the killing of four Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in a chance encounter on the Sidhra outskirts of Jammu city.
