West Bengal Assembly polls: 70,000 CAPF personnel to remain in State after polling

As galore arsenic 700 companies oregon 70,000 unit of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) volition stay deployed successful West Bengal till “further orders”, an authoritative of the Election Commission of India (EC) said, adjacent arsenic the 2nd and last signifier of polling concluded connected Wednesday (April 29, 2026).

Two 100 companies oregon 20,000 personnel, retired of the full 700 companies, person been assigned to unafraid the beardown rooms wherever the physics voting machines are kept.