The Centre on Wednesday, August 19 ordered the "immediate" withdrawal of about 10,000 paramilitary personnel from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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An official order read that the decision was taken after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reviewed the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the union territory (UT).
A total of 100 CAPF companies have been ordered to be withdrawn "immediately" and they have been asked to return to their base locations in the country.
This is the biggest de-induction of these forces after additional troops were rushed to the UT after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave the erstwhile state a unique status.
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The Home Ministry had last withdrawn 10 CAPF companies from the UT in May, while 72 such units were taken out in December last year.
With the latest de-induction, the lead counter-terrorist force CRPF will have a strength of about 60 battalions (about 1,000 personnel in each battalion) in the Kashmir valley apart from very few units of the other CAPFs.
