Police to put a detailed five-tier security arrangement in place for the Assembly polls that will include over 500 heavily-armed commandos and 4,000 paramilitary personnel
Police to put a detailed five-tier security arrangement in place for the Assembly polls that will include over 500 heavily-armed commandos and 4,000 paramilitary personnel
The Mumbai police are putting a five-tier security arrangement (see box) in place to guard the city till election day on October 13.
Sources say the police, who have received 47 terror-related alerts from various intelligence agencies in the last two months, are keeping a close watch on outfits like the Sri Lanka-based LTTE and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Himanshu Roy refused to confirm the development. "I won't be able to talk to you at this point because I am involved in some operations," Roy said.
All police stations have been ordered to carry out mock drills in the days leading to the elections, and cops on regular duty have been asked to comb neighbourhoods that comprise their beats.
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Details of the men, arms and strategies that comprise the u00a0five-tier security arrangement during the pollsu00a0
Layer 1
43 mobile combat teams comprising one sub-inspector and four constables armed with two AK-47 assault rifles, one sten-gun, two SLRs and five 9 mm pistols each under the command of an ACP to comprise the first layer
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Layer 2
16 teams of 20 personnel each of the Quick Response Team of the Mumbai police with four bulletproof vehicles under the command of a sub-inspector.
Layer 3
16 teams of nine commandos under one officer of the First Response Team (FRT) on bulletproof Maharakshak trucks. Arms to include sniper rifles capable of taking targets up to 2 km, MP5 automatic rifles, and Smith and Wesson pistols that fire 18 rounds at u00a0one go.
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This layer to comprise an as yet unspecified number of elite Force One commandoes trained on the lines of the National Security Guard. Arms to include AK-47 and SLR rifles, Carbines, Smith and Wesson pistols, and MT5 automatic rifles.
Layer 5
To comprise 10 companies of State Reserve Police Force. Thirty additional companies of State Reserve Police Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Rapid Action Force and Border Security Force personnel are also requisitioned. The Union Home ministry has already sanctioned 400 personnel of the Bihar Military Police for the polls.
3,000
The number of State Reserve Police Force personnel that the Mumbai police have asked for in order to bolster security for the Assembly polls
1,000
The number of personnel from the State Reserve Police Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Rapid Action Force and Border Security Force that are going to be deployed during the elections
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