GUWAHATI: An escalation of violence in Manipur has prompted MHA to despatch 2,500-odd additional central paramilitary personnel to the state, most of them for deployment in Jiribam, a relatively new flashpoint of the ethnic stir that has reported 13 ...

Sources said out of the 20 fresh Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) companies ordered to be rushed to Manipur include 15 from the CRPF and five from the Border Security Force (BSF).

Of the newly dispatched CAPF companies, 15 are from the CRPF, while five belong to the Border Security Force (BSF), sources added. These reinforcements join the existing 198 CAPF companies in Manipur, initially deployed following ethnic clashes in May of last year, which resulted in over 200 casualties.

The Centre has rushed 20 additional CAPF companies comprising about 2,000 personnel to Manipur in the wake of fresh attacks and law and order issues in the state, official sources said Wednesday