The Commissionerate Police has deployed over 60 platoons of personnel each in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to ensure the smooth conduct of Durga Puja festivities, officials said Monday.

Briefing reporters, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh said 61 platoons, including 20 platoons of home guards and three platoons of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), have been deployed across Bhubaneswar, where 193 Durga Puja pandals have been set up.

He added 79 women constables, 172 sub-inspectors and assistant sub-inspectors, 33 inspectors, and senior police officers have been engaged for the festivities.

For better supervision and to avoid disputes among puja committees, three DCP-rank officers have been mobilised.

In addition to that, plainclothes police personnel have been depl

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