The government plans to raise an elite police unit to be called the Bureau of Crisis Response and Protection (BCRP) for protection of the Very Very Important Persons (VVIPs) including the President and Prime Minister to supplement the Special Security Force (SSF), officials said Sunday, reports BSS.
"We have forwarded a proposal from police headquarters for raising the specialised unit to the Prime Minister's Office," a senior home ministry official said adding that the proposal was prepared in line with a government directive.
He said the proposed unit would also provide security to visiting Foreign Heads of States and Governments and any person designated as VVIPs by the government.
They said that the police headquarters proposed 3,730 posts for the unit to be headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP), who will be assisted by two Additional Inspectors General (AIG), two Deputy Inspectors General (DIG), seven Additional Deputy Inspectors General (ADIG) and 14 police superintendent level officers.
Govt to raise new police unit for VVIP security
FE Team | Published: July 27, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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