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Punjab rejects Gill's request
for special forces

Punjab on Thursday refused to spare its special force for deployment in trouble-torn Gujarat, a request made by K P S Gill after his appointment as security adviser to Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

An official press note of Punjab government issued in Chandigarh said Punjab police was "committed" permanently in areas adjoining Jammu and Kashmir and in normal policing duties with just one battalion available in the reserve. "Therefore, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has regretfully decided that no police force could be spared," the note added.

Gill had requested Punjab government to make available a few units of the India Reserve Battalion, a force set up during his tenure as the director general of police in the state.

PTI

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