Women police personnel will be posted at Sabarimala this month to facilitate pilgrimage of women devotees in view of the Supreme Court order permitting women of all age groups to enter the Lord Ayyappa shrine, Kerala police chief Loknath Behera said Friday.


The DGP said everyone in the force should have to perform their duties irrespective of their religion and politics.


"They (women) will be posted there (at Sabarimala). We are a law enforcement agency. No gender, no religion. .. nothing. All will have to perform their duties," Behera told reporters.


His statement comes against the backdrop of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's recent statement that the government would implement the verdict in the coming pilgrimage season itself.


A high-level meeting of the Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the shrine, has also decided to make necessary arrangements for women pilgrims visiting the temple when it opens for the annual pilgrimage season on October 16. -- PTI