The City police has initiated robust security measures to ensure a smooth and disturbance-free Winter Session of the State legislature starting from Thursday. A whopping 11,000 policemen with support of 10 companies of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), Force One, a specialised counter terrorism unit, 40 Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) would be deployed to secure Vidhan Bhavan and manage potential challenges across the city. On Monday, CP Amitesh Kumar and Joint CP Aswati Dorje conducted a meeting of police officers from across the city to strategize security arrangements. CP Kumar said that the Vidhan Bhavan would be encircled with armed policemen strategically to thwart any untoward incidents.

 

A staggering 11,000 personnel are slated to be deployed for the security siege. Of which, 6,000 personnel have been summoned from various districts across the state. To bolster the security apparatus, nine Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) rank officers from the city and 10 DCP rank officers from other districts are being mobilized for security arrangements. Furthermore, 50 ACPs, 75 Police Inspectors, and 20 Women Police Inspectors have been called to Nagpur for the session arrangements. The deployment includes 10 companies of SRPF and 1000 Home Guards. In addition to the extensive police presence, 30 BDDS squads are designated for the security of all VIPs, with 10 from the City police force.

 

The police have granted permission to 32 organizations for morchas so far and the number is expected to surpass 100 in the coming days, said CP Kumar. A noteworthy event during the session is a morcha scheduled for November 12, led by NCP leader and MLA Rohit Pawar. The Morcha would be addressed by NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Similarly, Morchas would be taken out for Old Pension Scheme, Asha workers, Vidarbha activists, Divyangs, teachers, Students, Unemployed youths, Project Affected People, Kotwals, VJ/NT, OBCs, Marathas, and Retired Police personnel and others.