Around 1,500 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are presently deployed in Ladakh to aid the civil administration in securing installations and maintaining law and order, a senior government official said on Tuesday (October 7, 2025).

Violence erupted in Leh on September 24 during protests to demand constitutional safeguards for the region, leaving four persons, including a Kargil War veteran, dead and around 150 injured, including 57 security personnel.

Out of the total deployment of 1,500 personnel, around 400 were positioned a month before the violence. The total strength of Ladakh Police is 2,452.

“Around 900 personnel were deployed post September 24. Two companies or 200 personnel are in Kargil while the rest are in Leh. We had to send special winter clothing for the pe

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