MARGAO: 900 Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) staff from Goa boarded a train from Margao Railway Station on Tuesday which would take them to Uttar Pradesh (UP).
According to a senior police officer, this large group of Goa police are heading to UP and will be stationed there on election duty.
“Ten companies of Goa Police are going to UP for the elections. The team is headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Rakesh Kumar. There are 10 Police Inspectors (PIs) and many Police Sub-Inspectors (PSIs) and Assistant Police Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) who are travelling with this group,” he said.
“They are fully equipped to deal with any situation that may arise and are well armed. They also have all the necessary help from everyone,” he added, while supervising the arrangements for their train departure.
