A 135-member contingent of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force was today flagged off for rendering UN mandated police duties in the African nation of Congo.
The squad was sent off by ITBP chief Subhas Goswami from the force headquarters here.
This is the 9th contingent of the border guarding force to the central African nation and it will be stationed in Bunia in Eastern Congo.
The squad, led by Commandant A S Negi, has been trained in mob dispersal and riot control techniques, special driving skills, providing aid to civilian authorities and basics on human rights laws.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the third largest country in Africa, bordering Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
Congo has been placed under the United Nations due to internal disturbances in the country.
The United Nations aid mission in Congo has close to 5,000 Indian paramilitary troops drawn from the CRPF and BSF.
The latest squad will be there for a year after it replaces an earlier ITBP team.
