KOLKATA: West Bengal Police has proposed creating two all-women armed battalions under the State Police Reserve Force (SPRF) to strengthen the safety of women and children and assist in handling sensitive law-and-order situations, a senior bureaucrat said on Friday.
The proposal has been sent to the state government for approval, he added.
“These battalions are being conceived as specialised operational units. Their primary role will be to support policing related to women and children, anti-human trafficking operations and other sensitive assignments where the deployment of trained women personnel is considered essential,” the bureaucrat told PTI on condition of anonymity.
