Overview
- The Central Reserve Police Force completed 12 consecutive months without any operational fatalities, a run that follows the last operational death on Oct. 30, 2025.
- CRPF leaders say the milestone reflects a sharp decline in Maoist violence, the arrest of remaining cadres, and on-the-ground changes such as modern weapons, focused training and rapid high-speed evacuation to tertiary hospitals.
- With the Maoist threat reduced, the force is shifting battalions to tackle escalating ethnic violence in Manipur and has taken over posts formerly held by the Assam Rifles.
- Separately, the CRPF is facing a sustained personnel welfare crisis: reported suicide totals topped 59 in 2025 and the NHRC has opened a probe after media reports of 19 suicides between January and May 2026.
- The change in threat geography could relieve long-running pressure in Bastar and other LWE areas but may stretch manpower and medical support in the northeast while prompting deeper reviews of mental-health care and force-level policies.