Agartala:
Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, on February 4, claimed that the state police are the first in Northeast to launch a crackdown on drugs trafficking along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
His claim came during an inspection of the camps of the 9th Battalion of Tripura State Rifles (TSR), the Company headquarters and Bagmara TSR platoon post on his trip to Kuwaifung, Santirbazar sub-division in South Tripura, on February 4.
“Tripura police is the first in the Northeast to launch an extensive crackdown on drugs. I am proud of TSR. I keep visiting different battalions of TSR to inspect the living conditions in the camps, including how their families are faring. In their effort to thwart drug trafficking and insurgency in the state, they have made many sacrifices,” he said.
The chief minister further spoke of the modernisation of Tripura police and TSR.
Adding that they are receiving funds from the central government, Deb emphasised on the changes in the state police and in TSR personnel. “Policing system and patrolling, including their body language, have changed. Our state might be small, but given that they have received the President’s Colour Award in 2012, our country is aware of our state police,” he said.
Notably, TSR was formed as per Tripura State Rifles Act, 1983, passed in the Tripura Legislative Assembly, with the first battalion coming into existence in 1984. At the moment, there are twelve battalions of TSR in the state.
Apart from serving the state on election duties, a battalion of the elite counter-insurgency force was deployed in New Delhi in 2019, on a long-term internal security task.