Only Indian names for K9 team members- ITBP

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITB) has strictly said goodbye to Western names for its K9 team members and decided that only Indian names will be given to them from now. The ITBP has recently given names of pups born a few months back - Galwan, Shyok, and it has been decided by DG ITBP SS Deswal to give Indian names to its K9 team members. “Junking the traditional western names for K9s, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has for the first time in any Central Armed Forces history, given local names for cute little warrior pups of its famous K9 wing. The pups have been named as a respect of all the troops guarding the excruciatingly tough borders of the country,” ITBP said who organised the Naamkaran ceremony of 17 pups.“By naming these little K9 soldiers with 100 per cent desi names, that too from the areas guarded by the force, it is for the first time since independence, that the K9 wing of the country will acknowledge its own legacy and ethos,” ITBP said.

‘Naamkaran Ceremony’ of 17 ITBP K9s held at NTCD, ITBP BTC, Bhanu today. The ceremony was presided over by Dr Sudhakar Natrajan, DIG/ Vet., ITBP.#Himveers pic.twitter.com/rR3rrw8ygA

— ITBP (@ITBP_official) December 30, 2020