Have requested Centre to deploy CAPF in Maharashtra: State home minister Anil Deshmukh

The Maharashtra government has requested the Centre to deploy 20 companies of CAPF in the state so that its police personnel, who are overworked during the coronavirus-e​nforced lockdown, can be given some rest, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday. Personnel of the Maharashtra Police have been working "day in and day out" to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Deshmukh said.