The Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF ) has constituted a 10-member ‘core group’ comprising its senior officers to work on preventing incidents of “self-harm” among its personnel, after the country’s largest paramilitary force recorded 59 suicides in 2025 – the highest in the last five years.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on August 14 said it has taken suo motu cognisance of these reports and issued a notice to the Union home secretary and CRPF DG calling for a “detailed report” on the matter within two weeks.
A senior commanding officer said issues like perpetual troop deployment, separation from family and work-life balance are some of the “root causes” that need to be confronted when seeking solutions against suicides.
Officials said the newly constituted core group will examine each self-harm case “objectively” and suggest required preventive, welfare, administrative and medical measures that can be deployed to prevent such cases in the future. The reporting heads and supervisory officers will also present the analysis of incidents under their charge to the group, they said.
