“The first phase of deployment of more than 3.4 lakh Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the upcoming general elections in the country and Assembly polls in a few States will begin from March 1,” official sources said on February 29.
According to the plan, about 2,000 companies will be mobilised as part of the pre-poll deployment in sensitive and hyper-sensitive constituencies beginning from March 1. “About 1.5 lakh personnel will move through roads and rail as part of this mobilisation,” the sources told PTI.
