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Odisha Swift Action Force a special wing of State police launched

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Bhubaneswar23/6/17;: Odisha Swift Action Force (OSAF), a special wing of State police, was launched today. Three companies have been formed in the first phase that will start functioning from Rath Yatra, starting June 25 at Puri.

The force comprises of more than 300 selected police personnel from various sections of Odisha police. They had been sent to Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to receive special training under the Rapid Action Force (RAF). The prime job of the OSAF will be to manage crowd during major festivals and combat crisis situations arising from riots and terror strikes. They have been provided with special combat weapons and separate uniform.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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