CRPF Women Commandos To Provide Security To Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Others

The women commandos, like their male counterparts, will carry arms, ballistic protection, and other gadgets as required on the job.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's security detail would now also have women security personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). This is the first time that women personnel would be introduced in their security setup.

"From the second week of January, 32 personnel would be added to the VIP security wing of the CRPF. This personnel would be deployed at their residences," a senior officer disclosed.

According to him, some women personnel would also be deployed at the residence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. "Gursharan Kaur is also our protectee and so we would also deploy some women there for checking and frisking," he stated, adding that these women commandos have just completed their 10-week training in rendering VIP security duties, unarmed combat, body frisking, and special weapons firing, and will now be deployed on the ground sometime in January.

All of the politicians who these commandos have been assigned to have Z plus security cover.