KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Police have implemented special security on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri in Pashupati area. The Kathmandu Valley Police Office, Ranipokhari, has prepared and implemented a special security plan since Monday night.
According to the office, a special security plan has been implemented to address potential criminal incidents that could arise due to the large crowd of devotees and visitors during Shivaratri. Over 3,500 police officers will be mobilized under the command of Apil Raj Bohara, Superintendent of Police (SP) of the District Police Range, Kathmandu. A total of 3,511 police officers will be mobilized in three shifts under SP Bohara.
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Similarly, 41 policemen, including 31 men from the District Police Range, Kathmandu and 10 women from Ranipokhari will be deployed at the command post. There will be 133 policemen at the sub-command post.
Police will work in three shifts for the security in the Pashupati area. Around 1,244 policemen will be deployed in one shift. The police are preparing to provide security in three shifts with an 8-hour duty rate.
There will be 41 police officers in the command post, 133 in the sub-command post, 40 in plain clothes, 6 photographers, 10 in communications, 135 in reserve force, 135 striking, 14 for mobile patrols and 3,072 deployed in three shifts at a rate of 1,024 officers per shift.
Out of these, 1,307 police officers, including 1,114 men and 153 women, will be mobilized from the District Police Range. Similarly, 2,204 police officers, including 1,432 men and 772 women, will be mobilized from Ranipokhari.
