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Maximum number of boots on the ground, he says
Around 8,000 additional Central armed police forces were rushed to Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, when the Union government decided to end the State’s special status under Article 370.
In the past 10 days, 32,000 additional personnel were deployed in the Valley. Another 32,000, deployed for the Amarnath Yatra, were diverted to secure the interior districts, an official said. “The deployment of Central forces is based on oral orders. There is no written communication any more because such orders leaked in the past, creating panic,” the official said. The Central forces posted in the northeastern region were being sent to the Kashmir Valley. “There are the maximum number of boots on the ground. As of now, there are no personnel in reserve; there is 100% deployment,” the official said. The last time the Valley came under a similar clampdown was in 2013 when the 2001 Parliament attack case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri, was hanged and buried in Tihar Jail in Delhi. “Curfew was imposed for around 10 days then. All major roads were blocked and people were prevented from coming out of their homes as protests were expected after the hanging of Guru. But for two incidents, there was not much impact,” said the official. The situation went out of control after Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter on July 8, 2016. “It all depends on how prepared the administration is,” the official said.
