Ahead of NRC final publication on August 31: 145 CAPF companies may be deployed in Assam

GUWAHATI: Assam is likely to get around 145 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in the runup to the publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC), which will be published on August 31.

“We are doing the mapping of vulnerable areas before to the publication of the final NRC,” a senior official of the state government, who did not wish to be named, told ET. “The deployment of forces after the publication of NRC is being chalked out. Earlier last year, when the final draft NRC was published, we had prepared detailed security arrangements pre and post publication of the draft NRC and there were hardly any untoward incidents. We have sought around 145 companies of CAPF from the Centre,” he said.

A defence spokesperson said a review of the prevailing security situation in the entire north east in general and Assam in particular was conducted during an Operational Group meeting.


The meeting, which was attended by many senior officials, also discussed the need for proactive measures to negate any possible violence in the state. NRC is being updated according to the provisions of the Assam Accord of 1985. The first draft of the NRC was published on December 31, 2017, in which 1 .9 crore names, out of the 3.29 crore applicants, were included.