By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday sought five more companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from the central government to tackle the communal clashes in the state’s Kandhamal district.
“Five companies of the CRPF have been sought from the centre besides more police force will be deployed,” Patnaik told reporters here.
More than a 1,000 policemen and three companies of the CRPF are already camping in the region after one person died and dozens injured in the communal clashes, which erupted on the Christmas Day.
The Kandhamal district, around 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, has the second highest concentration of Christian population in the state and is considered a communally sensitive area.