MHA Orders Withdrawal Of 1000 Paramilitary Personnel From Darjeeling
PTI, New Delhi: The home ministry has ordered withdrawal of as many as 1,000 paramilitary personnel, including 300 women, deployed in Darjeeling to maintain law and order during the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state.
In a communication, the ministry said seven companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), including three women companies, and three companies of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel would be withdrawn from Darjeeling from tomorrow.
One company of paramilitary comprises 100 personnel.
The paramilitary personnel were in deployment in the hill districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, an official said.
However, five additional companies of the CRPF will be in the hills to assist the state police force.
The situation in Darjeeling has improved in the past few weeks.
The order states that out of 15 company of CAPF (CRPF 12 including 3 Mahila company and SSB 3) deployed in Darjeeling/ Kalimpong, 10 company of CAPFs (CRPF 7 including 3 Mahila company and SSB 3) shall be de- attached with effect from 16 October . However deployment of 5 company of CRPF is extended upto 20 October 2017.
The order states that out of 15 company of CAPF (CRPF 12 including 3 Mahila company and SSB 3) deployed in Darjeeling/ Kalimpong, 10 company of CAPFs (CRPF 7 including 3 Mahila company and SSB 3) shall be de- attached with effect from 16 October . However deployment of 5 company of CRPF is extended upto 20 October 2017.
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