Centre removes BSF DG Nitin Agrawal as chief of the force, repatriates him to parent cadre
Centre also removed DG (West) YB Khurania who was heading the formation of the force along the Pakistan border
New Delhi, August 3
The Centre removed Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) Y B Khurania, sending them back to their respective state cadres with immediate effect.
Agrawal is a 1989-batch Kerala cadre officer who taken charge as the Border Security Force chief in June last year and he was scheduled to retire in July, 2026.
Khurania belongs to the 1990-batch of the Odisha cadre and was posted as the Special DG (West), heading the formation of the force along the Pakistan border that runs for about 2,289 kms along Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat in India's western flank.
Separate orders issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) conveyed they were being "prematurely" repatriated with "immediate effect."
The repatriation orders for the two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers come in the backdrop of a spate of terror incidents in the Jammu region, along the India-Pakistan border.
At least 22 people, including 11 security personnel and a village defence guard (VDG) member, have been killed this year in such incidents in Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts.
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