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Calcutta High Court Directs Centre To Send Four More CRPF Companies To Darjeeling
Swarajya Staff
Jul 14, 2017, 07:30 PM | Updated 07:30 PM IST
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To arrest the spread of violence, the Calcutta High Court has asked the centre to send four more companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to Darjeeling.
This is in addition to the 11 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) that have already been deployed in the stir-hit hills.
As reported by the Press Trust of India, a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Chakraborty ordered the additional forces to handle the violence in the hills, which have seen an indefinite bandh for the last one month as it demands a separate state. It also asked the state government to make additional forces available from its resources.
Also Read: Darjeeling On The Edge Of A Dangerous Abyss, Centre Needs To Step In Immediately
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