India, April 15 -- Murshidabad district of West Bengal will see the highest deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in the first phase of the assembly elections on April 23, with officials from the Election Commission of India (ECI) citing its history of communal tensions and electoral vulnerabilities as key factors for the move.

The border district, which has a Muslim-majority population, witnessed communal clashes in 2024 during Ram Navami celebrations and again in 2025 during protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act. It also recorded the highest number of voter deletions under adjudication, with 4,55,137 names flagged.

"At least 316 companies of central forces will be deployed in Murshidabad district, which has two police dist...