A 140-member contingent of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) including five women personnel was today flagged off for rendering UN mandated police duties in the African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo.

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The squad was sent off by ITBP Director General Krishna Chaudhary from the force headquarters here.

This is the 11th contingent of the border guarding force to the central African nation and it will be stationed in Bunia.

The squad, led by Commandant P K Negi, has been trained in crowd 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. It has been placed under the United Nations due to internal disturbances in the country.

The latest squad will be there for a year after it replaces an earlier ITBP team working there since December 2015, force spokesperson Deputy Commandant Vivek Kumar Pandey said.

The border guarding force is primarily tasked to guard the 3,488-km long Sino-India border.

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