In a first, CRPF women commandos for Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, others

The CRPF women commandos, like their male counterparts, will carry arms, ballistic protection and other gadgets as required on the job. (Representative image: Twitter)

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will deploy women commandos for political leaders based in Delhi including Amit Shah and Sonia Gandhi, a first for the paramilitary police force.

The CRPF has prepared its first-ever contingent of 32 women commandos in its VIP security wing, the Press Trust of India reported citing official sources.

Initially, they will be deployed to Z+ security category persons based in Delhi like Union home minister Amit Shah, the first family of Congress that includes party president Sonia Gandhi, her children Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi, and former prime minister Manmohan Singh as well as his wife Gursharan Kaur, the sources said.

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About a dozen other Z+ category CRPF VIPs will have this women commando contingent on a rotational basis, the sources added.

The women commandos will be deployed as part of the house protection team and will accompany the persons, if required, during the coming Assembly polls in five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. The polls are expected in February-March.

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These commandos, when deployed for house protection, will frisk female visitors and be a part of the overall security detail of the VIP's house during tours. They will provide proximate security especially in the case of Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, the sources said.