To ensure free and fair elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday provided 150 companies of Central Paramilitary Force (CPMF) to assist the local police in maintaining law and order.
Confirming this here on Friday evening, ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said that 150 companies of CPMF were sanctioned by the Central government in the first phase so that adequate deployment could be immediately made for managing law and order in the state.
He claimed that amongst the above, 150 companies of CPMF, 50 companies were of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 30 companies each are of Border Security Force (BSF) and Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB), 20 companies each are Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). He claimed that the Central forces would assist the local police in all kinds of law and order duties besides taking out flag marches etc.
Kumar said the maximum of four companies of CPMF would be provided to Prayagraj while three companies each of CPMF would be provided to Agra, Aligarh, Pratapgarh, Bareilly, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Meerut, Saharanpur, Gazipur, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Ballia, along with Lucknow, Varanasi and Kanpur Nagar respectively.
Similarly, he said, two companies of CPMF would be provided to Gautam Buddha Nagar, Mathura, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Etah, Fatehpur, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Bijnor, Rampur, Deoria, Basti, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Bahraich, Gonda, Etawah, Kannauj, Jhansi, Hardoi, Rae Bareli, Unnao, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Barabanki, Ambedkarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Chandauli, Mau, Mirzapur, and Sonbhadra and the remaining districts would be provided one company each of the Central forces.
Meanwhile, continuing to facilitate promotion to employees as per the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Home department on Friday released the promotion order of employees of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC).
According to an official communiqué, promotions have been given by the UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board to 1,588 personnel working in PAC.
Giving this information, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi said that 1,588 personnel posted as head constables in Uttar Pradesh PAC Service Cadre had been promoted to the post of platoon commander/sub inspector 0f the armed police.
Director General of Police, UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Rajkumar Vishwakarma, said that the process of promotion from constable to the post of head constable was also under process and soon an order in this regard will be released.