New Delhi: The central government has ordered immediate withdrawal of around 10,000 paramilitary forces from Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said the Union Home Ministry reviewed the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Jammu and Kashmir, after which the decision was taken.
An official order read that the decision was taken after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reviewed the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the union territory (UT). A total of 100 CAPF companies have been ordered to be withdrawn “immediately” and they have been asked to revert to their base locations in the country.
As per the directions, a total of 40 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 20 each of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), will be taken out from Jammu and Kashmir by this week. A CAPF company has an operational strength of about 100 personnel.
The Home Ministry had last withdrawn 10 CAPF companies from the UT in May, while 72 such units were taken out in December last year.
