Full Strength, 32 Indian Reserve Component Battalion Deployed Against Pakistan

Illustration of the armed forces or the military. (Pixabay-dimitrisvetsikas1969)

JAKARTA - The Indian government has authorized the Chief of Army Staff (KSAD) of India to deploy Reserve Components (Komcad) in the midst of the India-Pakistan war.

Komcad or so-called Territorial Army in India is a regular AD secondary force, its members consist of volunteers receiving military training who are deployed to face a national emergency.

Citing Hindustantimes, Friday, May 9, this authority was given by the Government of India under Regulation 33 of the 1948 Territorial Army Regulation, aimed at completing and supporting regular Indian Army troops in various command.

India's Ministry of Defense stated that following up on this authority, the Indian Army Chief of Staff could take advantage of 32 existing Territorial Army Infantry Battalions.

Komcad with existing units will be deployed against Pakistan to various major military zones, including Southern, East, West, Central, North and Southwest Commands, as well as Andaman and Nikobar Commands and Army Training Commands (ARTRAC).

Tensions escalated after India's missile strike targeted nine points in Pakistan, including Pakistan's occupiedX (PoK), the Bahawalpur region of the Jaish-e-Mohammad base, and the so-called Lashkar-e-Taiba base, on Wednesday, May 7 in the morning.

This missile attack is India's retaliatory action against the attack of an armed militant group that killed 26 people in the Jammu region and India's task force on Tuesday 22 April.

According to India's Ministry of Defense, Pakistan's military is trying to retaliate by attacking Cloudipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj on Thursday evening 8 May.