RAF companies moved to Andhra Pradesh to help administration

Coimbatore: Two companies of Rapid Action Force, a specialised wing of CRPF, have been rushed from the base here to Andhra Pradesh to help the administration in handling the law and order situation in the backdrop of protests over creation of Telangana.

One company will be stationed in Tirupati while the other in Kadapa to handle the situation arising out of Telangana agitation, CRPF sources said.