Patna: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will form special platoons comprising young and trained commandos in each company of the security force to tackle Naxalite problems on the Bihar-Jharkhand border.

The personnel will be chosen from new recruits.

The idea behind setting up separate special young platoons has been taken after seeing that Maoists engage in guerrilla warfare, which demands intense running and close-combat operations.

From eight CRPF battalions that are working in Bihar, one platoon with 30 to 35 security personnel will be part of the young platoons. According to CRPF sources, there are eight CRPF battalions stationed in Bihar, which includes two battalions of CoBRA (one in Gaya and the other in Jamui).

In battalions, there are seven companies, which comprise around 135 jawans. There are three platoons in a company.

A senior CRPF officer, preferring anonymity, said: "The security personnel in the special young platoons will be men aged around 22 years, who are physically fit to carry out operations. The personnel will undergo six weeks' training similar to what CoBRA jawans get."

A meeting, chaired by CRPF (Bihar) inspector-general M.S. Bhatia on Saturday to plan strategies against the Naxalite menace in Bihar, took a decision to this effect. Bhatia discussed the operations carried out against the Maoists.

Bhatia told The Telegraph: "Special platoons will be engaged in special drives against Maoists in the worst Naxalite-hit districts of the state. They will get special training and will be equipped with latest weapons and modern electronic gadgets to help them in operations."