COVID-19: Govt extends deployment of 100 CAPF companies in Delhi

The Centre has extended the deployment of 100 CAPF companies in the national capital for strengthening security during the ongoing lockdown in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official said on Thursday.

The Union home ministry, the official told PTI, issued a order on Wednesday extending the deployment of about 10,000 troops in these companies "for maintaining law and order during lockdown in Delhi."