The Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army, which has its headquarters at Sukna on the outskirts of Siliguri, held the Exercise Kripan Shakti, an integrated fire power exercise at the Teesta Field Firing Range near Siliguri on Tuesday.

The exercise was aimed at orchestrating and synergising the capabilities of the army and the central armed police forces to fight an integrated battle.

Units of the Trishakti Corps demonstrated their ability to hit hard and swiftly with precision during the exercise. The firing involved deployment and firing of all arms and weapon systems including guns, mortars, infantry combat vehicles, helicopters and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance platforms to execute the “sensor to shooter” concept.

An integrated response by the troops from the Kripan division and central armed police forces on a simulated enemy airborne was executed. Clockwork precision marked the swift action by special heliborne troops and rapid deployment of artillery guns and equipment by helicopters.

After this exercise, those present had the opportunity to see different weapon platforms from close quarters. The exercise was reviewed by Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich, the GOC of Trishakti Corps. Senior officers from the BSF, the SSB and the administration were present at the event along with schoolchildren and NCC cadets.

20 Covid cases

Calcutta: Bengal on Tuesday reported 20 new Covid-19 infections, 36 recoveries and no death. Currently, there are 421 active cases in the state.

The state’s positive confirmation rate was 0.20 per cent, recovery rate 98.93 per cent and mortality rate 1.05 per cent.

Two arrested on charges of forgery from Malda

Malda: A man and his son were arrested from Government Colony-II here on Monday night on charges of forging letterheads and signatures of ministers and government officials and issuing fake appointment letters to people.

“We have seized letterheads of several state and Union ministers, the chief minister Jharkhand and a number of government officials. Also, seals of various ministers and bureaucrats have been recovered. A computer of the duo, who are identified as Sanjay Goswami and his son Subrata, has also been seized,” said a police officer.

Reporting by SOUMYA DE SARKAR