Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday the jawans of Tripura State Rifles (TSR), which gained reputation not only in the state but also in the entire country through their active participation in different filed, will now be deployed in the urban areas of the state to look after the law and order situation.
Dr Saha was addressing the passing out parade of 14th and 15th Battalion of Tripura State Rifles at A C Ramarao Training Center in R K Nagar.
The Chief Minister TSR jawans have shown their excellence in security protection, natural calamity management and even in social work. “From election duties to tackling insurgency to law and order duties, the force has proven its capabilities in all sorts of duties", Saha said.
He said, “We are considering to deploy TSR in the urban areas to maintain law and order as the force has done tasks which were assigned to them be it insurgency or border vigil and rendering service to embassies in New Delhi.”
The Chief Minister said that apart from countering terrorist activities, these forces are currently successfully performing their duties in maintaining law and order, disaster management, industrial security, VIP security and anti-narcotics operations in the state.
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