Overview
- The CRPF completed 12 consecutive months with no operational fatalities after the Oct. 30, 2025 death, a run the force says has not occurred since a period that ended in January 1979.
- Director General G.P. Singh attributed the outcome to modern hardware, better training, strategic planning and rapid evacuation of the wounded to higher-level hospitals.
- Despite the fatality-free year, the force remains actively deployed across Jammu & Kashmir, residual Left‑Wing Extremism areas and an expanding role in Manipur where several battalions have been moved.
- The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Home Ministry and CRPF for detailed reports after media and internal data showed a rise in suicides among personnel, including 59 reported suicides in 2025.
- The CRPF is India’s largest central armed police force with about 300,000–325,000 personnel and more than 2,200 operational deaths recorded since independence, a context officials say shaped past deployment and protective measures.