Home ministry sanctioned 485 more companies of central force for Bengal rural polls: SEC to HC

The high court had on June 21 directed the SEC to requisition more than 82,000 central forces’ personnel for deployment in panchayat elections. During the hearing of contempt petitions against the SEC on Monday, it was alleged by one of the applicants that though there was a specific direction of the court that contractual employees should not be put on election duty, there are hundreds of instances where such deployment has been done.