Around one lakh CAPF troops will be deployed during the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for next month, the reports cite. Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) troops will ensure free, fair, and peaceful Assembly polls in the state, officials said on Tuesday.
The CAPF personnel will be deployed along with those of the Bihar Police for the two-phased Bihar Assembly polls. The EC has announced that the 243-member Bihar Assembly will go to polls on November 6 and 11. The counting of votes will be taken up on November 14.
As part of the pre-election deployment, nearly 500 CAPF companies have already arrived in Bihar. Following final approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the European Commission (EC), some additional companies, up to 1,200 companies, could be deployed, the officials said. The operational strength of a single CAPF company is between 70 and 80 employees. Meanwhile, Bihar had sought about 1,800 companies from the EC for the polls, the officials said.
The maximum of the CAPF companies for the Bihar polls will be drawn from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), followed by other forces like the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Railway Protection Force (RPF).
These units will be in addition to the Bihar Police units for providing security during the upcoming Assembly polls, according to the CAPF officials.
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