Bihar to raise women's battalion

Bihar will raise a women's battalion, on the lines of a similar one in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), to arrest the crime graph in the state.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had approved the police department's proposal and the process of recruitment would start next month, Bihar police chief Ashish Ranjan Sinha said Monday.


Sinha said 800 women constables would be appointed in the proposed battalion as commandants, deputy commandants and other officers.