Massive security deployment for Panchayat – Nagarpalika polls in Gujarat

Gandhinagar

A total of 193 companies of various police and paramilitary forces apart from around 60000 other personnel of Gujarat police and home guards will be deployed for security arrangements during the second and final phase of the local body polls in the state slated to be held on November 29 in 56 municipalities, 31 district and 230 taluka panchayats.

It will include 47 companies of para military forces, 11 companies of police and border wing home guards from neighbouring Rajasthan, 10 companies of Maharashra police and five companies of Madhya Pradesh Police.

DGP P C Thakur today said that 87 DySP /PI level officers, 11029 ASI/Head Constables/Constables and 48800 home guards would be deployed for the peaceful conduct of the second phase of the local polls.

‘Apart from this 117 companies of the state reserve police (SRP), 3 companies of the women wing of the SRP, 10 companies of the Indo-Tibetean Border Police (ITBP), 20 of Border Security Force (BSF), 13 of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and four of rioting control expert Rapid Action Force (RAF) will also be deployed,’ he said.

The DGP said that altogether 26 companies of police from neighbouring three states would also be deployed of which 6 would be from Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC), 5 from Rajasthan Border Wing Home Guards (RBWHG), 10 from Maharashtra police and five from Madhya Pradesh Police.

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