CRPF teems deployment of additional forces in Valley routine induction

SRINAGAR JULY 27 (PTK): Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Kashmir on Saturday termed deployment of additional forces in valley as routine induction and said that there was nothing special in it.

“Induction (of forces) is a continuous process and as and when the need is felt to strengthen the law and order grid and also anti-militancy front (more forces are inducted). In the past we also had the induction. It is a routine induction and nothing special in it,” IG CRPF Dr Ravideep Sahi told report on the sidelines of a function here in connection with the raising day of the paramilitary forces.

According to the Defence Ministry sources, the Narendra Modi government has decided to move an additional 10,000 troops of the paramilitary forces to Jammu and Kashmir in the days to come.

The move is aimed at further strengthening the ongoing counter-terror operations in the Kashmir Valley, the sources said.

The decision comes after National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval returned from a two-day visit to Kashmir Valley during which he reviewed the law and order situation in the state. It may be recalled that J&K continues to remain under the President’s Rule.

Doval, during his two-day visit to the state, met senior state government officials and top Army commanders who briefed him about the ground situation there. (PTK)