10 more coys of central force arrives
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 05 2023:
The Ministry of Home has despatched ten more companies of paramilitary forces on Saturday night in order to contain the violence in the state.
According to an official report, three companies each of CRPF and BSF, and one each company of ITBP and SSB were flown in to Imphal in military planes on Saturday night.
The state government has been instructed to arrange accommodations and requirements of the paramilitary forces at the earliest, as well as to see to their deployment in area susceptible to violence.
Mention may be made here that the central government had previously deployed many central paramilitary forces companies to control the violence in Manipur.
After the violence escalated to a dangerous level on Friday, preparations were taken up to deploy the security personnel at required locations in the shortest time possible to prevent the law and order situation from going out of control.