The Indian military concluded a joint training exercise - Exercise Trishakti Prahar in North Bengal.
The aim of the exercise was to practice battle preparedness of the security forces, using latest weapons and equipment in a networked, integrated environment, involving the Army, the Indian Air Force and CAPFs.
As a part of the exercise, swift mobilisation and deployment practices were carried out in various locations across north Bengal.
The area is strategically important to India.
This narrow Siliguri region 20 to 30-km-wide passage touches Bangladesh in the south and Bhutan in the north.