Overview
- The Election Commission directed West Bengal Police to finish identifying sensitive pockets by the second week of March to guide focused deployments.
- A total of 480 CAPF companies will be stationed in two phases, with 240 due on March 1 and another 240 on March 10, prior to any Model Code of Conduct.
- On arrival, forces will be used immediately for area domination and posted at sensitive and hyper-sensitive booths, with central observers filing daily reports to the Commission.
- The deployment will be coordinated by the CRPF and drawn from CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB, with de-induction timelines to be announced later.
- Logistics were reviewed at a high-level meeting led by the state CEO, where officials flagged a preliminary sensitive-booth list as needing revision; sources indicated arrivals could start on February 28 and nearly half of booths may qualify as sensitive, while security is being arranged for judicial officers handling voter-roll scrutiny tied to the February 28 roll publication.