BSF Chief of Western Command visits Jammu border

New Delhi, May 13

The Border Security Force (BSF) ADG of Western Command visited Jammu Frontier on his two day visit to review the security situation.

ADG (Western Command) Chandigarh, PV Rama Sastry was accompanied by Pradeep Gupta, Chief Project Manager, CPWD, Ranjit Singh, ADG (Border) CPWD and Sh D K Boora, IG Jammu and other senior officers of this frontier.

ADG Sastry visited Samba and Kathua sectors where he took stock of the security situation and operational preparedness of field formations. He also visited the recently detected Tunnel site in Samba area.  

IG (Jammu Frontier) DK Boora  gave a detailed presentation to the ADG covering all the critical aspects of Border Security and Domination on Jammu IB. He further described the general security scenario of AOR, covering the deployment pattern of BSF battalions and their robust domination aspects on the Jammu IB.

IG Boora also informed the ADG about threats being faced by the BSF on Jammu IB, ranging from tunneling and cross border smuggling by Pakistan based elements. A special emphasis was given on the tunnel and drone threat posed by Pakistan drones abetting Smuggling of Weapons/Narcotics from across the border to Indian Territory.

During the visit, ADG also interacted with Jawans and praised the troops for displaying alertness in recent detection of the tunnel which shows their devotion and dedication towards performing duty in this challenging scenario.

The BSF had recently busted a nefarious attempt of Pakistan by discovering a tunnel in Samba sector of Jammu.