Troop deployment in JK based on internal security situation: MHA

Following multiple reports of additional troop deployment in the valley and claims of abrogation of Art. 370, the Home Ministry has put the speculations to rest when it claimed that troop deployment is based on internal security, requirements of rotation among other things.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said the deployment of paramilitary forces in Jammu and Kashmir was based on the security situation and requirements of rotation, and that such things are not discussed in the public domain.

Sources in the ministry also said the 100 companies (10,000 personnel) of central forces had been ordered for deployment about a week ago and they which are in the process of reaching their destinations.

This has apparently led to speculation of induction of additional forces.

"Based on the assessment of the internal security situation, training requirements, the need for paramilitary troops to be rotated for rest and recuperation, induction and de-induction of central forces is a continuous and dynamic process," the sources said.

It has never been the practice to discuss in the public domain the details of deployment and movement of paramilitary forces deployed in a particular theatre, ministry officials said.

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