The BSF on Saturday, 23 February, was brought back to Srinagar after 14 years as the Centre moved 100 additional companies of paramilitary troops to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, officials said, as per PTI. Home Ministry sources in Delhi said that 100 companies of paramilitary forces, including 35 from the BSF, are being deployed as part of a routine pre-election exercise ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Officials said the BSF has been brought back to the Valley after 14 years. They said the force was temporarily deployed in the Valley – for a week – during the unrest of 2016, but was withdrawn immediately.
