Tripura Police is the

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agency of the state of

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which organizes and is responsible for

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activities in the state of

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. It was formed in the year 1965. Currently Shri Anurag Dhankar, IPS is DGP of

Administration

The Director General of Police, (DGP), Tripura is the head of Organization who is decorated with an office at Police Headquarters (PHQ) located at Agartala, the capital of Tripura State. There are several Inspector Generals of Police (IGP's) working under him. IGP (Law and Order), IGP (Administration), IGP (AP and OPs), IGP (Intelligence) who are decorated with respective offices at PHQ complex, Agartala. Several DyIGP's (Deputy Inspector General of Police are under the command and control of DGP, Tripura. Most notable DyIGPs are DyIGP (Intelligence), DyIGP (Headquarters), DyIGP (Admin), DyIGP (AP and OPs) and on the operation of Law and Order DyIGP(Southern Range) and DyIGP (Northern Range). Under them are eight District SsPs (Superintendents of Police) for eight districts namely

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District, Sipahijala District, Gomati District, South Tripura District, Dhalai District,

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, Unakoti District and North Tripura District. All such District Superintendents of Police are assisted by respective Additional Superintendents of Police, Deputy Superintendents of Police, (District Intelligence Branch) posted at the District Headquarters, and respective Sub-Divisional Police Officers (Posted at respective sub-division headquarters). Such Sub-Divisional Police Officers supervises and monitors the day-to-day activities and working of Police Stations under them. All the Police Stations are staffed with one Officer in Charge (Not below the rank of Sub-Inspectors and not above the rank of Inspectors).

Controversy

The members of the

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alleged that the police officers forced them to strip in front of other male and female police officers. The victims individuals were forced to give an undertaking not to crossdress.

Equipment and vehicles

All the equipment for the Tripura Police are manufactured indigenously by the

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controlled by the

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, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. * Baton (General beat purpose) * Lee–Enfield .303 (Standard issue. Phased out) * SLR rifle * 1B1 INSAS Rifle. (Present standard issue) *

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(VIP Protection. Phased out) *

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(VIP protection. Phased out) * Akm (For special operations) Indian AKM *

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(VIP protection & standard guards issue) *

Heckler & Koch MP5 The Heckler & Koch MP5 (, ) is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It uses a similar modular design to the Heckler & Koch G3, and has over 100 variants and clones, including selective fire, Se ...

(VIP protection) Limited quantity *

Bren light machine gun The Bren gun (Brno-Enfield) was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by the United Kingdom in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces' primary infantry LMG in Worl ...

* PKM Machine Gun (Limited quantity) * Pistol Auto 9mm 1A (Standard service weapon for officers above the rank of sub-inspector) *

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(Standard service seapon for officers above the rank of sub-inspector) * Revolver (Officer's service weapon. Being phased out)

Vehicles

Toyota Innova The Toyota Innova is a series of multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) manufactured by the Japanese carmaker Toyota since 2004, mainly sold with three-row seating. The Innova is the replacement for wagon versions of Kijang (internally known as the To ...

(Official car for high ranked officers) * Mahindra Scorpio (Official car for high ranked officers) * Tata Safari (VIP protection & convoy) * HM Ambassador (VIP officers) Vehicles Used for General Duty purpose. * Mahindra Bolero * Maruti Gypsy (patrolling) *

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* Tata 407 Trucks * Buses *

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(Patrolling) * Mahindra Commander (Phased out)

References

External links

* {{Tripura Government of Tripura State law enforcement agencies of India 1965 establishments in Tripura Government agencies established in 1965