New Delhi, The Union home ministry has extended for the second time the deployment of 273 Central Armed Police Forces companies in the national capital till October 31 in view of the possibility of “flash protests” by political and other groups, official sources said on Friday.
The Ministry of Home Affairs directed the Delhi Police and the respective CFs on October 22 to coordinate the deployment, the sources told PTI. Of the 273 companies that will continue to remain deployed in Delhi alongside the local police, 125 are from the Central Reserve Police Force , including 20 women personnel units; 20 from the Rapid Action Force ; 46 from the Border Security Force ; 39 from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police ; 31 from the Sashastra Seema Bal ; and 12 from the Central Industrial Security Force .
The extension was approved at the request of the Delhi Police, they said, adding that a similar extension had been sanctioned in mid-October. Officials said the Delhi Police had informed the ministry that there was a possibility of flash protests being undertaken by political and other outfits in various “sensitive” locations of the city. The extension of the deployment was essential in order to ensure proper law and order, they said.
