Female force for Shah, Sonia

New Delhi: A maiden contingent of CRPF women commandos trained in VIP security will soon be deployed with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other high-risk facing personalities for multiple duties, including accompanying them during the upcoming polls in five states, official sources said on Wednesday.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has raised its first-ever contingent of 32 women commandos in its VIP security wing and they will now be tasked to guard its protectees who get the top Z+ cover ad are based in Delhi. Sources said 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.

Initially, the women commandos will be deployed with its Z+ category protectees based in Delhi like Shah, Sonia, her children, and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as his wife Gursharan Kaur. —(PTI)