State Home Minister Ramsevak Paikara on Wednesday informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly that there are 58,772 paramilitary troopers deployed in the left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected regions of Chhattisgarh as on March 15, 2015.
In a written reply to Congress member Devti Karma, the Home Minister informed that there are 238 companies of 42 battalions of paramilitary forces besides 33 special teams of the Combined Battalion for Resolute Action ( CoBRA) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in the red zones.
There are a total of 86 companies of 18 battalions of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) deployed in the insurgency infested areas of the State. This apart, additionally there are a total of 1688 officers and employees of the Special Task Force (STF) and one battalion for security of the public representatives deployed in the red zones, Paikara informed.