Kashmir

CRPF sending 5 additional companies to Kashmir: Report

SRINAGAR — The paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday said it will send five more companies to Jammu and Kashmir following a spate of targeted civilian killings in the union territory.

The CRPF said it had earlier sent 25 companies to Jammu and Kashmir.

“The CRPF is sending five additional companies to J&K in the wake of recent civilian killings in the Union Territory. These companies will be deployed there within a week. The force earlier sent 25 companies in J&K,” the CRPF stated.