J&K Centre withdraws 10,000 paramilitary troops from Jammu & Kashmir with immediate effect
New Delhi/IBNS: Around 10,000 paramilitary forces personnel will be immediately withdrawn from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Narendra Modi government announced in an order on Wednesday evening.
The forces were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir in August last year as a precautionary measure when the Centre decided to scrap the special status granted to the region under Article 370 of the Constitution and also bifurcated the state into two Union Territories, the other being Ladakh.
The decision comes after the Union Home Ministry reviewed the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces in the union territory.
"It has been decided to withdraw 100 Coys of CAPFs with immediate effect from J&K and revert back to their respective locations," the order read.
According to the order, of the 100 companies, 40 will be from the Central Reserve Police Force and 20 each of the Central Industrial Security Force, the Border Security Force and the Sashastra Seema Bal.
Last year during the month of August, curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hundreds of political leaders including former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti were placed under house arrest in fear of unrest as a result of the decisions.
The other precautionary measures included the imposition of prohibitory orders which banned large gatherings. Phone and internet services were also completely snapped.
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