As many as 500 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been stationed in Bihar for pre-poll duty, while a total of up to 1,200 companies are likely to be deployed once the elections begin there on November 6, sources aware of the development said.

Out of the 500 companies of CAPFs, around 100 are of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), 121 are from CRPF and the remaining are from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and state police, sources informed.

They further said that while the Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought deployment of around 1,500 to 1,800 companies of CAPFs during the Bihar polls, the actual deployment could be of around only 1,200 companies, depending on the approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs and ECI.

The ECI on October 6 had announced

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