Para forces’ chiefs meet to discuss security measures

The chiefs of all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) held an “unprecedented” high-level meeting in Kolkata to review the security situation and deployment of almost 2 lakh personnel during the upcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal.

The meeting held on Saturday (April 18) was followed by a “landmark” joint leadership summit at the CRPF office in Salt Lake, where the CAPF Directors-General along with top officers of the West Bengal Police decided to ensure an “integrated security grid” to “handle potential disruptors in coordination with local law enforcement”, officials said.

According to the officials, the five Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) of CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB, apart from units of the India Reserve Battalions (IRBs) and some other state police auxiliary units, have deployed close to two lakh personnel for the West Bengal polls that will be held on April 23 and April 29.