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GUWAHATI
Greater than 400 personnel of the elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR) will present safety throughout the two-phase Bihar Meeting election. A senior official of Tripura’s Dwelling Division mentioned the TSR contingent, led by Commandant Jyotishman Daschoudhuri, left for Bihar by a particular prepare on Friday (October 24, 2025) evening. The contingent is anticipated to succeed in Patna by October 27 morning.
“They may present safety throughout each phases of the Bihar polls, in accordance with the Election Fee’s deployment plan,” the official mentioned.
The primary part of polling in Bihar, masking 121 of the 243 Meeting constituencies, will happen on November 6. The second part on November 11, 2025 will cowl the remaining 122 seats.
The TSR has been offering safety throughout elections and different main occasions throughout the nation. The drive has 14 battalions, most of that are India Reserve Battalions that may be deployed in any State, if required by the Union Ministry of Dwelling Affairs.
Two TSR battalions, comprising about 2,000 personnel, together with officers, have been posted out of Tripura. One battalion has been working below the Delhi Police since 2019, whereas one other is engaged in Chhattisgarh’s South Jap Coalfields Restricted since 2022.
The TSR was raised in 1983 on the sample of the Central paramilitary forces to take care of Tripura’s rising extremism downside. Its personnel are skilled in counter-insurgency operations.
Printed – October 25, 2025 05:34 pm IST