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Bihar Election 2025: Centre To Deploy 1200-1500 CAPF Companies For Enhanced Security

Armed police forces will assist the local authorities in ensuring a free and fair election, as the issue of booth capturing has been a challenge.

New Delhi: The Centre is likely to send 1,200 to 1,500 companies of central armed police forces (CAPF) to ensure free and fair elections in Bihar.

A senior government official told ETV Bharat on Tuesday that of the total 1,200 to 1,500 companies, 500 have already been deployed in Bihar as pre-poll arrangements.

"All the 500 advanced pre-poll Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) companies have been deployed in Bihar ahead of assembly elections in the state scheduled on November 6 and November 11. The number of total CAPF companies m

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