Centre airlifts 250 RAF personnel to Arunachal after Siang dam protests turn violent

The Centre has sent two Rapid Action Force companies of the CRPF, about 250 personnel, to Arunachal Pradesh after violent protests in Pasighat against the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. On Friday night, a mob torched an NHPC office and a police station in East Siang district and vandalised the homes of three political leaders, including the state BJP president.