New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) The Centre has decided to deploy around 250 companies of Central Armed police Force (CAPF) for the forthcoming Assembly elections in four States and one Union Territory, an official in the security set up said here.
One company consists of 100 troopers and this way around 25,000 security personnel will be deployed in four poll-bound States of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and one UT of Puducherry for a fair and peaceful conduct of Assembly election in April and May.
According to a source, the Union Home Ministry has directed that 250 companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) will be deployed in poll bound States and UT.
While 125 companies have been moving to West Bengal,45 will be going to Tamil Nadu,40 for Assam,30 for Kerala and 10 for Puducherry, the official in the security set up said, adding that this was decided in a meeting held between Election Commission of India and the Home Ministry officials recently.
The largest chunk will be 85 companies of CRPF, followed by the 60 companies of BSF and 40 companies from ITBP and rest would be withdrawn from CISF and SSB while about 75 companies will be kept on standby and will be deployed in case of exigencies.
Every Force has assigned a nodal officer who will coordinate the deployment in a calibrated manner in consultation with all stakeholders, an official in the CAPF said.
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