500 companies of central forces to stay on in Bengal after results, says EC

NEW DELHI: As galore arsenic 500 companies of cardinal equipped constabulary forces (CAPFs) volition enactment deployed successful Bengal for post-poll instrumentality and bid duties aft the canvass results are out, "till further orders of the Election Commission", EC said connected Friday.Each CAPF institution comprises 80-100 personnel. A full 2,400 CAPF companies person been assigned for canvass deployment successful Bengal and 1,700 volition permission the authorities aft polling gets implicit connected April 29.EC officials said too the 500 companies that volition enactment backmost to support instrumentality and bid "long aft the results", different 200 volition beryllium retained "till counting is completed", to unafraid the EVM strong-rooms and counting centres.

On Friday, CEC Gyanesh Kumar besides directed the authorities main secretary, DGP and elder authorities medication and constabulary officials to guarantee elections wherever citizens ballot without fearfulness and which are escaped of violence, intimidation, inducement, chaapa (voter impersonation), booth jamming and root jamming".Sources said EC decided to widen the enactment of 500 companies of cardinal forces till aft the elections, successful presumption of the state's past of post-poll violence.

As per an NHRC probe into post-poll unit successful Bengal aft the 2021 assembly election, the authorities DGP had reported 1,970 complaints of unit betwixt May 2, 2021 and June 20, 2021.While 29 complaints related to murder, 12 progressive intersexual assault; 391 grievous hurt, 940 arson/vandalism and 562 transgression intimidation. Only 1,168 complaints were converted into FIRs and 1,345 of full 9,304 accused arrested. NHRC's ain spot inquiries astatine 311 places recovered that FIR was not registered successful 60% of the places. NHRC observed that "the spatio-temporal expanse of convulsive incidents... with small efforts of authorities to forestall oregon power oregon rectify the aforesaid is really a larger representation of organised unit by supporters of the ruling enactment successful retribution against persons who dared to enactment the different large enactment which mislaid the caller (2021) assembly elections". Though polls successful Bengal shall beryllium completed connected May 6, that immoderate post-poll unit has a nonstop correlation with elections, makes EC stakeholder, said a committee official.

Even aft the winning enactment forms govt successful Bengal, it whitethorn person to constitute to EC oregon Union location ministry to retreat the forces. The second whitethorn crook to EC for clearance fixed that the post-poll deployment is "till further orders of the EC". In yet different determination connected Thursday, EC took superior enactment of the deployment of 2,185 constabulary unit by WB govt anterior to announcement of polls for "providing information to 832 TMC unit and 144 others, including TMC supporters".

It ordered DGP to behaviour a strict nonrecreational reappraisal wrong two-three days, redistributing the information unit crossed functionaries/supporters of each parties successful an equitable manner. EC Thursday besides suspended and ordered enactment against associated BDO and adjunct RO of Khandaghosh assembly constituency, "for openly canvassing for TMC". An EC root said WB govt had resorted to large-scale transfers up of commencement of SIR successful the authorities connected Oct 27, 2025, shifting retired 1,370 officers, including 97 from IAS, 146 from IPS, 1,080 from WB Civil Service and 47 from WB Police.