The Central Government has moved ten companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from Jammu and Kashmir to Assam, a wire agency reported on Wednesday.
Quoting sources theagency said that more than eighteen companies will be sent to Assam from Jammuand Kashmir.
“The MHA hascancelled the order of induction of seven CRPF companies to Manipur on theoperational ground and these companies should be released to the Government ofAssam for law and order duty on the arrival of the special train atDimapur,” an official communication, accessed by the wire agency states.
Additionalparamilitary forces were deployed in Kashmir a few days before
August 5, whenCentre announced its decision to revoke special status of the erstwhile Stateof Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate it into two Union Territories, J&K andLadakh. (Agencies)