Govt to withdraw 72 companies of CAPF from Jammu and Kashmir

The government on Tuesday said it has decided to withdraw 72 companies of  Central Armed Police Forces from Jammu and Kashmir. 

Twenty four companies of CRPF, 12 companies each of BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB will be withdrawn from the Union Territory, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. 

Earlier this month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Parliament that the situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal.

In response to a question from the Congress, Shah said, "Situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal. I can't make Congress's condition normal, because they had predicted bloodshed after the abrogation of article 370. Nothing of that sort happened, not one bullet was fired."

Stating that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is normal, the Home Minister said, "99.5% students sat for exams there, but for Adhir Ranjan ji (Congress' leader in Lok Sabha) this is not normalcy, 7 lakh people availed OPD services in Srinagar, curfew, section 144 removed from everywhere."

The government had rushed thousands of paramilitary troops to Jammu and Kashmir in August before the government announced the decision to abrogate Article 370 on August 5.