J&K ELECTION - 300 additional companies of central armed paramilitary forces have been deployed for the first phase of the elections

Ahead of the elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army is working on further strengthening its counter-infiltration grid by redeploying its troops, including along the Line of Control (LoC) fence, in Temporary Operating Bases (TOBs) in the higher reaches as well as in forests and mountains, where  intense search operations would be carried out, officials aware of the plans told The Indian Express.
This redeployment of troops at all three levels is aimed at destabilising terrorists by disrupting their hideouts and drawing them into contact, as well as denying them access to population centres. Around 300 additional companies of central armed paramilitary forces have been deployed for the first phase of the elections, on September 18, and this would be stationed in towns and hinterlands for the protection of booths, candidates and the voting population. The Army would stay away from the population centres and a sector of the Assam Rifles is also being inducted in the Jammu region.
The Army will be carrying out intense search operations as part of the exercise, the sources added, while there will be large-scale seek and destroy operations.